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Recent Examples of high-rise
Topping off the high-rise will be an upscale rooftop bar and lounge that will be known as the Lurline Cocktail Club, which will showcase 360-degree views of San Diego’s skyline, bay and ocean.
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Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2025
The blue lights of emergency vehicles reflected off high-rise buildings and debris blocked city streets.
—arkansasonline.com, 4 July 2025
Outside a high-rise apartment block damaged by a drone, residents stood around surveying the scene as the clean-up job began.
—Pavel Polityuk, USA Today, 4 July 2025
With the new high-rise apartments on offer, investors—so far, mainly locals and Albanians living overseas—are paying prices that would have been inconceivable just five years ago.
—Zoë Dare Hall, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
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Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2025
The blue lights of emergency vehicles reflected off high-rise buildings and debris blocked city streets.
—arkansasonline.com, 4 July 2025
Outside a high-rise apartment block damaged by a drone, residents stood around surveying the scene as the clean-up job began.
—Pavel Polityuk, USA Today, 4 July 2025
With the new high-rise apartments on offer, investors—so far, mainly locals and Albanians living overseas—are paying prices that would have been inconceivable just five years ago.
—Zoë Dare Hall, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for high-rise
Adjective
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Often, the victim is a family member, as was famously done by Charles Bronson in Death Wish and has continued years later with statuesque presences like Liam Neeson (with Taken easily being the most famous modern example), Gerard Butler and Jason Statham.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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Dorit arrives first and Boz, as statuesque as all the halls of the Louvre, comes in second.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
28 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Its elevated dining, expansive spa and panoramic views offers a rare kind of city stay— one rooted in luxury and place, but with the kind of transportive feeling that makes travel worth the journey.—
Caroline Tell,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Keep a distance from tall, solitary trees or other elevated structures.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
14 July 2025
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“High-rise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high-rise. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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