high-rise

Example Sentences

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That didn’t put off Louis, who rented Daniel a high-rise apartment on Wilshire Boulevard.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

The November 26 fire at Wang Fuk Court, a high-rise complex in the financial hub's Tai Po district, was the world's deadliest residential building fire since 1980 and Hong Kong's worst since 1948.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

An Instagram post on March 7 from Dubai’s official tourism account featured slick visuals of the emirate’s landmark high-rise buildings overlaid with a catchy pop-soundtrack that declares: “Dubai is still the safest place on Earth.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

And in Dubai, a high-rise building was pictured with a large hole, after the local government said a drone "fell on a building".

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

He doesn’t live in a broken-down high-rise apartment.

From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes