Scroll around the view from the window of a highrise in Istanbul, or Beirut, or Chicago, and highlighted chunks of the scenery pop out into some sharply-drawn mini-docs.

FORBES: The view from the window

The angular spires and towers of a futuristic city dominated the skyline, even though the view from the window was of queues of Glasgow buses and taxis and the wrought iron exterior of Central Station.

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There is a ban on cars, cats and dogs and the view from your window is a pile of rotting wood.

BBC: Sheds and compost

Her mother did not have a view of the front door from her kitchen window.

NEWYORKER: Soldier��s Joy

McVeigh made eye contact with his four witnesses, then with the 10 media witnesses, then squinted toward the tinted window shielding the 10 victims' witnesses from his view.

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The pile of wood on view from their window is in fact a "bug hotel" complete with cardboard and other biodegradable matter.

BBC: Sheds and compost

When the car is put into reverse, the GPS navigator will switch from map to rear-view mode, enabling drivers to view what is below the rear window.

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