high-rise
Example Sentences
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New York City’s Department of Investigation launched an inquiry into a Midtown Manhattan high-rise where two supporting columns buckled this week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
The plans and the site at the Midtown high-rise will have to be fully compliant with all codes “before any nonemergency work moves forward,” he said at a Wednesday press conference.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
The high-rise building under renovation that buckled in the heart of Manhattan, forcing the evacuation of thousands of local residents and workers, is now "stable," New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Wednesday.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
The coastal town of Caraballeda in La Guaira is one of the hardest hit areas by the twin Venezuela earthquakes, where high-rise tower blocks have been reduced to a sea rubble.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
They live in Miami Beach—Sandy in a high-rise c^aidominium with a gym on the top floor, and Del in a nice house with a tennis court in the backyard.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
