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roof

noun as in building covering

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On Saturday, under the roof of Arthur Ashe Stadium, she answered it emphatically.

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Scenes switch effortlessly from Prague, with its shadowy bridge looming over the Moldau, to a Brooklyn tenement, a busy office, a tony art gallery, and the roof of the Empire State Building.

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“All of my guy friends are like, ‘I just want Travis to pick me up and throw me over a roof or throw me in the pool,” Swift told the BBC.

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Stewart’s Marble Palace and Macy’s revolutionized retail by offering fixed prices, return policies and vast selections, essentially bringing a long street of shops under one roof.

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Above, the microfiber suede headliner stops only for the immensity of the glass roof.

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