high-rise building
Example Sentences
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Several Midtown blocks were shut down earlier this week after structural problems put the high-rise building at risk of partial collapse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 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
“Being on a high-rise building and rappelling down.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2025
At least ten people have died and 25 others injured after a fire broke out in a high-rise building in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2025
They had met in an office that was in a high-rise building, so high that Joaquin could see all the way to the ocean.
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
