handrail
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handrails
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You’re either stuck to a vinyl-clad seat or grabbing up for a handrail and trying to direct your face away from the armpits to your left and right.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
Known as 'the handrail of the Mournes' as it helps guide hikers, it is made of natural granite stone using only traditional dry stone walling techniques.
From BBC ● May 4, 2025
“He stands outside, in the dark London night, sobbing and unsteady, the handrail only a few feet away. And below that is the cold hard pavement,” Henry writes in her book.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2024
The collection’s key motif was a curved red handrail designed for Milan’s 60-year-old red line by the late architect Franco Albini.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 13, 2024
Boards have been lifted off the trestle floor itself, and the handrail has been replaced in spots.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
The cliffs he walked can now be traversed by stairs with convenient handrails built by the National Park Service.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
Widened paths, smooth flooring, and handrails will help people with disabilities get around.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025
Others, visibly distraught, squeezed onto crowded buses -- gripping handrails and bags -- or loaded onto lorries waiting to be spirited away.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2025
No rules, no handrails, no police, no governing body.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2025
In complete boredom the next day he tied a large towel beneath the boom and over to the handrails on either side to make an awning and sat in the shade.
From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen
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