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Veteran photographer Jeff Overs also shared a beautiful view of the full Buck Moon rising behind the Shard skyscraper and the dome of St Paul’s Cathedral in London to the social media platform.
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Anthony Wood, Space.com, 11 July 2025
Sears Tower was transferred to its lender (Metlife Inc.) to prevent the skyscraper’s owner (Trizec) from defaulting on its massive mortgage.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2025
Instead, the grande dame of hospitality was replaced by an overweening, obscenely tall, utterly out of place, speculative supertall skyscraper: the Empire State Building.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 10 July 2025
Incredibly green and teeming with plants, the airport is an apt introduction to a country where towering trees and gleaming skyscrapers sit side by side.
—Kissa Castaneda, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
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Anthony Wood, Space.com, 11 July 2025
Sears Tower was transferred to its lender (Metlife Inc.) to prevent the skyscraper’s owner (Trizec) from defaulting on its massive mortgage.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2025
Instead, the grande dame of hospitality was replaced by an overweening, obscenely tall, utterly out of place, speculative supertall skyscraper: the Empire State Building.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 10 July 2025
Incredibly green and teeming with plants, the airport is an apt introduction to a country where towering trees and gleaming skyscrapers sit side by side.
—Kissa Castaneda, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
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“Skyscraper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skyscraper. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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skyscraper
noun
sky·scrap·er
ˈskī-ˌskrā-pər 
: a very tall building
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