staircase
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Steel balustrades from an old staircase found in the basement were repurposed as legs for apartments' bathroom sinks.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Hardwood floors run throughout the property, including in the bedrooms, save for the entryway which features a terracotta tile and a wrought iron staircase leading up to the second level.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
Families live and work under the same roof, often separated from mountains of waste by little more than a staircase or curtain, exposing them to foul odours, plastic fumes and other health risks.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
She settled down for a night of exam prep on a camping chair by the lobby staircase.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
And as he clomped down the staircase toward the street, Aunt Kitty took a seat at the table and began mixing up the red stage makeup.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
It also comes complete with two staircases, window seats, and casement windows.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026
Each version getting comically bigger, those staircases on the side that one can only imagine were generated by ChatGPT, leading to nowhere.
From Slate ● May 7, 2026
Escher’s “Relativity” and its surreal snarl of staircases.
From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2026
Though the moratorium remains in effect, more changes to the prevailing legislative thinking on staircases could be coming soon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 23, 2025
Each was connected within an intricate framework of oddly-angled corridors and intersecting staircases that wound from the belly of the building to its deepest depths to the crown of its sky-viewer and back again.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
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