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[tau-er] / ˈtaʊ ər /




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The monopole tower would be about 165 feet tall.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Residents of a north London tower block said they are living a "nightmare", with intruders accessing the scaffolding that has surrounded their homes for the past six years.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

One of the most rewarding experiences in the museum is taking an elevator ride 140 feet up the the launch tower, which is directly next to Endeavour and provides up-close views of the shuttle stack.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

The tower hosts an expansive gymnasium, with Peloton bikes facing Central Park, physical therapists and spacious locker rooms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Scrambling, I knock into a tower of old paint cans stacked behind the shed.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

The bank’s real-estate team sees the skyscraper as the centerpiece of a small village of JPMorgan towers in Midtown Manhattan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

SpaceX is working to secure access to cell towers just weeks after buying more wireless spectrum.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

In response, he created a series of photographic collages that showed Black boxers battling corporate towers — figures that generate wealth attempting to take down the symbols of its accumulation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

The trick with thrusters was evocative of what SpaceX has now been doing for years with booster rockets cruising back to earth, touching down in landing pads or being snared by launch towers.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

The palace towers weren’t so round as the ones in the movie, and the real castle had helicopters.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

The curved concrete gravity dam towered 1,835 feet above sea level in the San Francisquito Canyon, about 30 miles northwest of L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

A tsunami of that size would have towered more than 330 feet above sea level, higher than many modern skyscrapers.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 30, 2026

"Spreading love and joy and caring for his people with endless self-sacrifice in his life and in his death, he towered above as one of the highest and holiest souls."

From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2025

Joshua, meanwhile, who towered above Paul during Friday's event, warned he is ready to deliver an emphatic victory.

From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025

Far in the distance, a treacherous scree slope towered above the fells, and beyond it rose the High Mountains.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

The opening scene of the 2023 film “Barbie” shows little girls awestruck by the bosomy totem, who appears in their desert landscape like the towering obelisk in “2001: A Space Odyssey.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

They first went viral in 2020, and they have been a hit since, towering over yards across America in all kinds of inventive tableaux.

From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2026

In making 65 below Table Mountain, the towering all-rounder played with the composure and authority he has often lacked.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

According to People, Love and his wife, Jacquelyne Piesen, arranged for 6 acres surrounding their Incline Village property to be protected from development, helping preserve the towering pine trees and wildlife that characterize the area.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

He turns as if to memorize the scene, sunlight flooding the pasture, shining through towering trees and over growing crops.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes


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