skyscraper

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The county is gradually moving workers into the 55-story skyscraper at the base of Bunker Hill that was widely considered one of the city’s most desirable office buildings when it was completed in 1991.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

An ascent by American climber Alex Honnald up a Taiwan skyscraper earlier this year was also streamed live on Netflix, with a reported 6.2 million people tuning in.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

One premium account, which posted an AI video of Dubai's Burj Khalifa skyscraper engulfed in flames, ignored a request from Bier that it label the content as AI.

From Barron's • Mar. 15, 2026

Especially among those who haven’t been to the Persian Gulf boomtown, or only visited for a glimpse of the mandatory tourist highlights—the Burj Khalifa skyscraper, the boozy brunch by the beach, malls and more malls.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

We lived in the Portland Avenue Stacks, a sprawling hive of discolored tin shoeboxes rusting on the shores of I-40, just west of Oklahoma City’s decaying skyscraper core.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline