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01. The Eiffel [Tower] is probably the most famous landmark in Paris.

02. The trees [towered] over the loggers who were preparing to cut them down.

03. The second tallest communications [tower] in the world, located in Russia, was badly damaged in a fire in August 2000.

04. My nephew loves building little [towers] out of wooden blocks, and then knocking them over.

05. I was kind of short in elementary school, and the girls I liked were always so tall that they absolutely [towered] over me.

06. The huge, old trees [towered] above us as we made our way through the forest.

07. The Leaning [Tower] of Pisa will probably fall over some day.

08. Lao-Tzu observed that the [tower] nine stories high is built from a small heap of earth.

09. Alice Mackenzie Swaim once wrote, "Courage is not the [towering] oak that sees storms come and go; it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow.

10. According to the Bible, the Babylonians attempted to build a [tower] so high that its top would reach the heavens.

11. The Eiffel [Tower] is painted approximately once every 7 years, and requires nearly 50 tons of paint each time.

12. The twin Petronas [Towers] in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia are currently the world's tallest buildings.

13. An African legend tells us that at the dawn of time, the Supreme Being created his home on earth by building a [towering] mountain.

14. The Maya built cities around [towering] pyramids, which served as temples to their many gods.

15. 'Big Ben' is the name given to the large bell in the [tower] that forms part of the British Houses of Parliament.