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[flawr] / flɔr /




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The landslide buried the first floor of an apartment building in the south-eastern city of Geoje on Monday morning.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong, 2006: I was meeting with an investor I knew on the 65th floor of a reflective glass building.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

By the time we’re in the studio with “Sting Me,” though, that’s one take live on the floor.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

At the Mala Wangzi facility, an employee livestreamed the factory floor to showcase its hygienic conditions.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

A dried leaf falls and skitters across the floor, under our table.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Cats had been found on all three floors of the home, with many "displaying flu-like symptoms or ailments" and some with breathing problems, Smith said.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Roadways become dining rooms, dance floors, bars, and parties.

From Salon Aug. 11, 2026

Heated stone floors and a circadian-rhythm-based lighting system to ease jet lag: These are among the ultraluxury amenities coming to Bond, a new members’ club offering access to private jets.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

The leak wasn’t visible to the eye: They realized there was a problem when the floors started buckling.

From MarketWatch Aug. 1, 2026

The hand that I shook was ridged and leathery from years of scrubbing floors.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

From the panels to the exhibit hall, I was floored by the number of artists, the collectibles and the displays.

From Salon Jul. 31, 2026

Emma Little-Pengelly said that people who worked alongside Donaldson over the past 20 years are "floored, shocked and utterly repulsed".

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

"I am floored when I think about the ecosystem that spawned such rich knowledge gathering and transference," Faruqui says.

From BBC Jun. 27, 2026

To lean into the weather, Triple Eight uses dirt floored, open-air warehouses that invite contact between aging barrels and the salty coastal air.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 2026

The women’s gallery was a treacherous expanse of crisscrossed beams, only partially floored.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

In the garage, Wallace discovered gym-style rubber flooring that had linear cuts.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

As well as reusing window blinds and kitchen units, Ali attempted to have the laminate flooring he had installed in his old office removed and reused in his new one.

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

National Park Service crews dumped hydrogen peroxide into the water last week and then pieces of the new flooring started breaking loose as crews began vacuuming the pool floor.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

"We saw walls collapsing, the floors opening up. And then water and mud began spurting up from underneath the flooring."

From Barron's Jun. 9, 2026

Knot indicated where the massive gears, some of them with wheels more than a meter in diameter, sat in the flooring.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi




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