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When Violet arrives at the date spot, a luxurious restaurant tucked in a towering high-rise somewhere in Chicago, her nerves are frayed.
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Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2025
Most of the recent strikes have targeted energy infrastructure, but on Friday missiles struck high-rise residential buildings in the eastern city of Dobropillia, killing at least 14 people.
—Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Mar. 2025
Structural beams, columns and slabs held up, despite extreme shaking and swaying of some high-rises.
—Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025
Photo Gallery Myanmar quake, day 3 An earthmover clears the debris at the site of an under-construction high-rise building that collapsed on Friday after an earthquake in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, March, 30, 2025.
—Arkansas Online, 31 Mar. 2025
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Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2025
Most of the recent strikes have targeted energy infrastructure, but on Friday missiles struck high-rise residential buildings in the eastern city of Dobropillia, killing at least 14 people.
—Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Mar. 2025
Structural beams, columns and slabs held up, despite extreme shaking and swaying of some high-rises.
—Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025
Photo Gallery Myanmar quake, day 3 An earthmover clears the debris at the site of an under-construction high-rise building that collapsed on Friday after an earthquake in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, March, 30, 2025.
—Arkansas Online, 31 Mar. 2025
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“High-rise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high-rise. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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