in a building
Example Sentences
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He is mourning the loss of his wife and much of his family in a building collapse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Giraldo had lived with two dogs and two cats in a building that now slants dangerously to one side.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
The elections board meets in a building near the historic site where four A&T students launched the sit-in movement to protest racial segregation in 1960.
From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2026
She rushed off to have her nails varnished at her favorite salon, which was destroyed in the mall strike but has reopened in a building nearby.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
It was afternoon by the time they got to the last round, and Mrs. Olinski sat shivering in a windowless room in a building big enough and official enough to have its own zip code.
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
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