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By Elizabeth Rush Last winter, the mountains that shape Bogotá’s skyline more than any skyscraper were on fire.
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Elizabeth Rush, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
The Subway Inn, which has toted its neon along through two moves after its longtime home on 60th Street gave way to a skyscraper, will be gone at the end of the year, aged 87.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 17 Dec. 2024
Next door is the project's 45-floor skyscraper, which is still under construction and will eventually house luxury condos and an Edition Hotel.
—Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 3 Jan. 2025
Dubai's night sky gleamed around the famed Burj Khalifa skyscraper, which had animations on its walls as the firework display shined on the opulent city.
—Astha Rajvanshi, NBC News, 1 Jan. 2025
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Elizabeth Rush, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
The Subway Inn, which has toted its neon along through two moves after its longtime home on 60th Street gave way to a skyscraper, will be gone at the end of the year, aged 87.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 17 Dec. 2024
Next door is the project's 45-floor skyscraper, which is still under construction and will eventually house luxury condos and an Edition Hotel.
—Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 3 Jan. 2025
Dubai's night sky gleamed around the famed Burj Khalifa skyscraper, which had animations on its walls as the firework display shined on the opulent city.
—Astha Rajvanshi, NBC News, 1 Jan. 2025
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The tower also features a heater to keep your kitty cozy, and the second platform can be used to help elderly cats get up to the platform or for a second pet.Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 7 Jan. 2025
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The first tower crane is expected to be up by February at the stadium.Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 7 Jan. 2025
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In a letter to members sent Wednesday morning, leaders assured the community that the congregation’s Torah scrolls had been rescued from the sanctuary, chapel and classrooms before the fire destroyed the building.Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Baseball and football fields were damaged, and officials could not immediately confirm the conditions of other buildings.Troy Closson, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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Both of these issues, however, can be solved with careful engineering of the battery's structure.Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 17 Jan. 2025
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Suspicious from the start Scientists had suspected since the discovery of DNA’s structure in the 1950s that genetic misspellings and other mutations accruing in non-reproductive, or somatic, tissues could help explain disease and aging.Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Skyscraper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skyscraper. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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