stairway
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stairways
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noun
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Origin of stairway
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Barroso acquired his home in the late 1980s and only started hearing about the stairway project from 1992, when the Barcelona Olympics transformed the city's image as a tourist magnet.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
He is said to control a path to the “Infinite Land,” which turns out to be a literal stairway to heaven.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
Police said they believed the couple had tried escaping through the window because thick smoke from the fire had blocked the stairway, local media report.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2025
The double stairway rule, in place in California since 1981, makes it harder to build apartments with more than two bedrooms, urban planners and architects said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2025
“I’m sorry,” Bailey says quietly as they walk down another curving stairway in order to exit.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
Prudence is in short supply, and it is this very scarce resource that requires us “to block the roads to hell before building the stairways to heaven.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
“It is essential to get at least three in-person quotes, rather than relying on online estimates, as a walk-through allows movers to identify complications like narrow stairways or low-hanging branches in advance,” Sartore-Bodo says.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 23, 2026
While some funding has been secured and spent replacing stairways, little progress has yet been made on the wider ambition, despite its prime location beside the Scottish Event Campus.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026
Blue ribbons symbolising the victims adorn the airport, while letters remembering the dead line the stairways.
From Barron's ● Dec. 23, 2025
The children closed the door behind them, and walked past wooden railings and stairways and up a ramp to a platform in the back corner of the barn.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
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