high-rise

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He and four others were taken to a skybridge connecting two high-rise apartment complexes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Wiping clean the empty high-rise towers besmirching the city skyline with florid graffiti art is a stated priority for buyers and the city, but a federal bankruptcy court has yet to approve the sale.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

Moving from a wooden cabin to a much larger high-rise, the new 3000 sq m consulate takes up a prominent location in the middle of downtown Nuuk.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Unverified social media videos showed plumes of smoke rising over Ryazan -- a city of around 500,000 -- and a high-rise apartment block with several blackened floors.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

The Olympic Village was actually made up of more than thirty white high-rise apartment buildings meant to house the 18,000 Olympic athletes coming to the city.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad