tower block

Example Sentences

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On either side lie two run-down empty tower blocks, replete with broken windows and walls blackened by fire damage.

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The damage from the strikes was extensive, with more than 1,000 tower blocks in Kyiv without heating and a power plant in the eastern city of Kharkiv beyond repair.

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There has been no major strike since 24 January, when hundreds of tower blocks in Kyiv lost power and heating.

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Fire safety inspections since Grenfell have revealed many tower blocks also have significant internal fire safety defects.

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Pensioners living in two tower blocks said they felt like "second class citizens" after a social landlord quadrupled their heating and hot water bills overnight.

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