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
This is my memory: it was a high-rise building in Century City, in the offices of “King of the Hill,” so there was a lot of like “King of the Hill” cutouts and stuff there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
Front-line firefighting staff hadn’t been trained about the risks of fire spreading across the outside of a high-rise building.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2024
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
