tower
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Crouch, she adds, is one of the keys to getting her research “out from the ivory tower to the practitioners.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
The boat had run aground near Lime Point, beside the north bridge tower, according to a news release from the Sheriff’s Office coroner’s division.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Cellular tower near Comanche at 12:01 a.m. on Jan. 29, 2013, which indicated that Walters was somewhere within approximately 12 miles of the Roebucks’ house just two hours before the break-in.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Fifteen years ago, developers in the Black Sea resort city of Batumi paid the Trump Organization a roughly $1 million upfront fee to brand their tower Trump.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Watch your step when you’re near a tower window.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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When two planes hit the twin towers, Wall Street Journal reporters were filing into work across the street.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Some witnessed the collapse of the towers, while others searched through piles of debris for human remains.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
"Somebody came into the office and said a plane had hit the twin towers," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
As has been well documented by the International Association of Firefighters, on the day of the attack, scores of firefighters died because they did not hear the order to evacuate the towers.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
Baskets upon baskets of wool and yarn were stacked in perilous towers.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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A wall of white granite towered above a small team of engineers gathered in a California quarry.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
The curved concrete gravity dam towered 1,835 feet above sea level in the San Francisquito Canyon, about 30 miles northwest of L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
By mid-June, the entire plant, including the spadix and pot, towered over 6 feet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
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
Humbaba towered over us now, and the stench coming off him was poisonous.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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Nearly a century after the crash of the Hindenburg airship, the images of towering flames and mangled metal haven’t lost their power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
With a population of about 2,400, it could pass for any number of prairie towns: modest houses and churches, mostly boarded-up storefronts, and a grain elevator towering above everything.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
The study, led by Curtin University in collaboration with the University of York, UK, is the first to pinpoint the geological source of the towering stones.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
As a young man, Francisco traversed it on horseback, eking out a living by draining resin from the towering pines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
They seem small, bobbing in the river beneath towering old trees.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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