tower above
Example Sentences
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“We have control,” he told the human pilots sitting in a tower above him, who until that point had been remotely directing the drones.
From New York Times • Nov. 6, 2023
Michael Penix Jr.’s Heisman Trophy campaign wasn’t built with billboards that tower above city streets, audacious as each may be.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 2023
Surrounded by tight residential streets on the edge of the town centre, Kenilworth Road's floodlights tower above back-to-back terraced houses.
From BBC • May 10, 2023
An osprey, tired of fighting the breeze, was perched on a tower above the jetty, content to stare out at the ocean for a while.
From Slate • Sep. 1, 2022
He stepped through for the last time and looked down over the silent city, the tiled roofs gleaming in the moonlight, the tower above them, the lighted ship waiting out on the still sea.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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