handrail
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Liccardo also asked for nearly $1 million in promised funds from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for a handrail project on the pier and an additional $9 million to protect coastal bluffs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
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
With Bueno’s help, I taped the handrail as best I could.
From Salon ● Dec. 5, 2023
He gripped the handrail on either side of the stairs and forced his foot onto the first step.
From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2023
The toddler goes backward, hanging on the handrail and cautiously moving his squat legs down plank by plank.
From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko
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
First, the hovering stairs and footbridges that navigate the property have no handrails, which are now required under current construction code.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2026
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
On Wednesday, however, Francis appeared unable to climb up the few steps to board his popemobile at the end of his audience, even while grasping onto the handrails.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 6, 2024
Soon the Frog was covered with cloth, cushions, drying sails, ropes, rags, and towels tied into all the lines that supported the mast—the shrouds and stays—and along the handrails.
From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen
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