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- noun Plural form of
high-riser .
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Examples
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Some worry about the return of the “hollow high-risers”, a phrase first used to describe the original World Trade Center when it opened in 1973 with no private-sector tenants.
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Some worry about the return of the “hollow high-risers”, a phrase first used to describe the original World Trade Center when it opened in 1973 with no private-sector tenants.
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This is where it began, this manic place with endless nose-to-tail traffic jammed on tarred and concreted street-light orchestrated discordant runways of the damned where traffic lights animate wait in truculent ambush for troglodyte high-risers trapped in toxic bricks –
Endless green (rev) Ivan Donn Carswell 2008
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One of the high-risers over the spring and summer travel circuit, James Anderson, will visit Florida.
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Planners 'maps show a scattering of other high-risers across the capital.
Towers Of London 2007
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Some worry about the return of the "hollow high-risers" - a phrase first used to describe the original World Trade Center when it opened in 1973 with no private-sector tenants.
A Blog For All 2008
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Every distinction was on holiday; we led our teacher in the exercise a carnival occasion for display: green space, high-risers, and then shut your eyes!
Pioneers of Alienation and 50s Sci-Fi at Thing Street Asylum 8
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