hallway
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“We had a long hallway, and I sprinted down the hallway and opened the window,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
The property spans 10,823 square feet and features a grand foyer with black marble columns, an expansive hallway, and a chic fireplace.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
Mick Jagger is nearby, ambling through the hotel hallway.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
The Times filed a Freedom of Information Act request on June 2 for VA Police records of the hallway death and the stabbing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
The line starts moving, so I put one foot in front of the other and walk, my black shoes following Avery’s red ones down the hallway and past the award plaques.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
With their dated decor, hotel-like hallways, overhead ceiling tiles and abandoned office spaces, the Backrooms resemble the overlooked non-places of modern life – spaces many people recognize but rarely notice.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
As a coping mechanism later on, her daughter, now 10 years old, would ask the teacher for permission to take bathroom breaks, time she would then use to take a walk through the hallways.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
In a sixth-floor conference room at the end of a maze of hallways in the New York Stock Exchange, Flutter CEO Peter Jackson laid out the firm’s World Cup strategy for Barron’s.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
Neuroscience and architecture expert Meredith Banasiak, who researches the link between buildings and human wellbeing, says hallways and doorways often spark this fear.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
And anything is better than living in a maze of hallways and sterile rooms, not knowing if the person you care most for in the world is alive or dead or hurting.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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