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Firefighters had arrived on the scene, but the fire had already spread to other tower blocks, which were all under renovation and covered in bamboo scaffolding, a traditional construction material.
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Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 27 Nov. 2025
Manchester tower blocks and rows of houses featured, as well as buzzing bumble bees — the city’s symbol — crawling over the visuals.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 25 July 2025
One drone slammed into a tower block on the outskirts of the Russian capital, sparking a fire on its 17th floor, local Gov. Andrei Vorobyov said.
—Arkansas Online, 25 June 2025
The wasteland would be cleared to make way for a new postwar dream of tower blocks and housing estates, as well as a striking new modernist cathedral designed by Basil Spence, built adjacent to the ruins of the original.
—Ian Penman, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
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Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 27 Nov. 2025
Manchester tower blocks and rows of houses featured, as well as buzzing bumble bees — the city’s symbol — crawling over the visuals.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 25 July 2025
One drone slammed into a tower block on the outskirts of the Russian capital, sparking a fire on its 17th floor, local Gov. Andrei Vorobyov said.
—Arkansas Online, 25 June 2025
The wasteland would be cleared to make way for a new postwar dream of tower blocks and housing estates, as well as a striking new modernist cathedral designed by Basil Spence, built adjacent to the ruins of the original.
—Ian Penman, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Tower block.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tower%20block. Accessed 7 Dec. 2025.
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