floor
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They have a one-bedroom, 1.5-bath condo on a high floor, as well as a 520-square-foot unit next door.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
River Island and Levi's had shops on the ground floor of the building but both units have closed.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
"As much as it frustrates me, this process takes time. And on the advice of my doctors, I won't be able to return to the Senate floor to vote quite yet."
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
He ran the floor and caught a lob for a dunk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
Her room at Carville has become her sanctuary, with its soft pastel green walls and sand-colored linoleum floor.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
Developer MetroLoft’s Nathan Berman said increased weight from widening about 15 top floors likely caused the structural damage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
In an interview with The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, Metro Loft’s CEO Nathan Berman said the additional load from widening the upper floors caused two columns to collapse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
People could be seen taking refuge near the windows and on the roof of the building, while the blaze raged in the lower floors.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
By 08:00, the flames appeared to have been brought under control leaving the building with extensive fire damage, particularly on the upper floors and roof.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
At Monticello, several enslaved servants lived in underground rooms with stone walls and brick floors, near the dependencies beneath the first floor of the main house.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
Having said all that, many of us were instantly floored by Ronald Moore’s reinterpretation of ABC’s 1978 prime-time space saga, and still point to it as one of TV’s strongest political and social parables.
From Salon ● May 5, 2026
“The pilot floored it. He made a power takeoff, and we got out of there.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
He has never quite looked the same since his trilogy with Fury - a brutal rivalry in which he was floored five times and stopped twice.
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2026
On June 11, he wrote: “Every time I read about the battering ram incident I’m just floored at how wild that is.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026
Jean Louise had the sensation of being floored by a feather.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
But there are still major problems, including uneven flooring, and they are now desperate to move out of their once-beloved home and into sheltered accommodation.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 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
Referencing original black-and-white photos, Jackson designed a massive 120-foot-long set, complete with a stage, seating, bleachers and mahogany flooring, to be filled with up to 500 extras.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 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
Another pile of garbage bags sits in front of the sink, doing nothing to hide the yellowed linoleum flooring that’s cracked and peeling where it meets the worn brown carpeting of the living room.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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