stairway
Americannoun
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stairways
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The narrow stairway was filled with the heavy whirring of gears and joints as the robots steadily lurched upward.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
One team of firefighters went up the dark cathedral stairway and knocked down the door to the roof to direct a hosepipe at the flames.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
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
Work on decorative details, sculptures and a stairway leading to the building's main entrance is expected to continue over the next decade.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2025
The stairway turned and twisted; at one point, the darkness was such that the companions lost sight of each other.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
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
From the landing pad, Gale and I walk down a series of stairways to Compartment 307.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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