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towers
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The marks, which are sandwiched between towers once used to scout for armies and to allow archers and other artillery-throwers to fend off enemy incursions, are arrayed in a way that suggests they may have been left by a repeating dart-thrower called a polybolos.—
Taylor Mitchell Brown,
Scientific American,
20 Apr. 2026 -
On Monday, April 20, more than 260 former residents returned to the complex, where seven 31-story high-rise towers were impacted by the blaze, according to Reuters and The Associated Press.—
Abigail Adams,
PEOPLE,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Crow's nests.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crow%27s%20nests. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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