- present participle of build.
building
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Eyewitnesses told local media that another building beside the hostel had also collapsed.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
The NNA also reported a strike on a motorcycle in the Nabatieh area, and said that another in the city itself targeted a historical building and damaged offices belonging to finance and agriculture authorities.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
While the film frets that the stupids are building an army to overthrow the world, it can’t even bother to come up with a counterrevolution.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
And it’s just like, makes everything easier to come in the building every single day and want to go to work and play with those individuals.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Stacked next to the main building, off to the side, were a bunch of folding camping chairs.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
"When I looked back, the school was standing there like the finest of buildings, and in five minutes, everything collapsed," Dawadi recalled.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
The clustering of buildings in areas such as Virginia’s “data center alley” means a single event—such as a tornado—can trigger multiple major claims.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
Attacks on government buildings in central Kyiv -- which are heavily fortified and ring-fenced by security barricades -- are rare, however.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
Bats found in occupied buildings are tested “on an expedited basis,” the statement said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
More than 11,000 buildings were leveled, including many beloved historical and cultural landmarks.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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