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tower

[tou-er] / ˈtaʊ ər /




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Soldiers cordoned off the area before using dynamite to blast the first ruined building apart -- a 12-story residential tower that had partially collapsed and was slanting toward the street.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

Jurors were told that mattresses were put down at the base of the tower to try to protect him because he was in a "precarious position".

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

He expects three crews, one for each tower, will start at the top and work their way down.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

In the distance, somewhat grayed by atmospheric haze, are the smokestacks and cooling tower of the power plant.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

Radio waves, another form of radiation, carry information from your Wi-Fi router to your computer and from cell phones to the nearest cell tower.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

Though the Scooby-Doo towers would never make it across the dunes, there are better ways to build a sandwich for adventure.

From Salon Jul. 30, 2026

The organization has partnered with the city on the campus’ redesign since 2012, when planning began to incorporate a vacant lot adjoining the towers into the campus.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

Putting up unshaded glass towers in cities, he says, is "crazy".

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

Low Earth-orbit satellite networks are closer to Earth than traditional constellations, making them suitable to project low-latency broadband directly to smartphones in parts of the world where cell towers are unavailable.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Nyame towers over him by a head or two, and he’s at least twice as muscular as his son.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

A tsunami of that size would have towered more than 330 feet above sea level, higher than many modern skyscrapers.

From Science Daily Jun. 30, 2026

Even though he towered over everyone else on the floor, Wembanyama played like a little guy.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 16, 2025

Joshua, meanwhile, who towered above Paul during Friday's event, warned he is ready to deliver an emphatic victory.

From Barron's Nov. 21, 2025

He literally towered over everyone else at the ceremony in Kuala Lumpur where Cambodia and Thailand signed their agreement.

From BBC Oct. 26, 2025

Some towered over two meters tall, high enough that I couldn’t see beyond their petals.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

The towering versions assembled by Shaggy and Scooby embodied abundance, customization and the exhilarating possibility that nearly anything could be made better by placing it between two pieces of bread.

From Salon Jul. 30, 2026

The cannibalistic Laestrygonians become towering armored warriors, while other episodes are combined or radically re-imagined, with characters and storylines invented from whole cloth.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

Rucci searched for land along Imperial Valley’s towering power lines and cobbled together dusty lots in an abandoned industrial area next to a giant Homeland Security complex and a housing development.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

"Before the war, we were the ones calling factories, trying to sell our material," Romany told AFP, standing beside towering bales of compressed plastic.

From Barron's Jul. 18, 2026

Kontos had barely entered the channel when enormous winds and towering waves began battering his ships.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler




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