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
“Being on a high-rise building and rappelling down.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2025
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
A new high-rise building in downtown Los Angeles will be the city’s largest housing project for homeless people, ABC 7 Los Angeles reports.
From New York Times • Jun. 20, 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
