high-rise building
Example Sentences
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Four days later, the report said, a drone hit a high-rise building in the area of Vermont Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard while flying at night.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026
Beyond a gate was a hill as tall as a high-rise building — turned into a dump for the Morenci mine in the 1930s.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2024
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
The city council is weighing a proposal to spend $7.6 million on a 10-year lease to temporarily relocate the police headquarters to a pair of floors in a high-rise building downtown.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2024
Helmut’s apartment was on the fourth floor of a high-rise building overlooking Joubert Park.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
