skyscraper
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The complex fills a city block in the financial district with an office skyscraper, the high-rise Sheraton Grand hotel and a shopping center that is home to a Uniqlo and Alamo Drafthouse Cinema.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Now a set of Georgian developers are planning to launch marketing on the Trump Tower Tbilisi, a skyscraper poised to be the country’s tallest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
This week, a set of Georgian developers are planning to launch marketing on the Trump Tower Tbilisi, unveiling renderings on a skyscraper poised to be the country’s tallest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
"Throughout the show," marvelled Nick Levine, external, "she skips across the stage in skyscraper heels that most drag performers would baulk at."
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Mark sits on a seat at the tail end of the vessel and twists backward to look up at the towering skyscraper, where the dwindling glow of the day’s sunshine reflects an amber sheen.
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
Individual projects still would require zoning reviews, so no need to worry about skyscrapers coming to Silver Lake.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
He says he felt like an ant walking into the huge facility on his first day in prison; the guard towers reminded him of skyscrapers.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Historic England, a government advisory body, said there was "serious concern" about the famous citadel due to the size of potential future skyscrapers in the east of the Square Mile.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
From Manhattan skyscrapers to rural barns, the subject matter shows that her observational skills could be focused as intently on the manmade world as on the natural one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
Seasoned professionals who were trained to navigate towering fires in the skyscrapers of Tokyo, they were nevertheless visibly shaken by the challenge of working close to the open reactor pools.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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