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Origin of stepladder
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As Deby had not long moved into her house, she had used a stepladder to strip wallpaper but that and a few foil blankets became the basis of her lunar lander.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026
One wonders how many of the complainers who aren't pregnant get dizzy on the top rung of a kitchen stepladder.
From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2023
They sprung into action and found it on a stepladder where I had apparently set it while looking at Halloween cards for my grandchildren.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 26, 2022
“The stepladder is a positive object,” says the artist Woody De Othello in the Richmond, Calif., studio where he makes his vibrant bronze and ceramic sculptures.
From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2022
And how could one do that without a stepladder?
From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson
For days afterward, Medina sifted through the burned-out garage for his angle saws and stepladders, but they had all been destroyed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2025
She added there needed to be an increased recognition and rigour within the industry to address the risks associated with stepladders.
From BBC ● May 16, 2023
The best prepared had tents, flasks of tea, sandwiches and stepladders.
From Reuters ● Sep. 19, 2022
In this town, we use railroad ties to lay track, and stepladders are for cleaning rain spouts, not climbing out of bunkers.
From Golf Digest ● Apr. 17, 2020
She got a carpenter to put together a number of slim tall stepladders and she placed one of these against each table in the house so that I could climb up whenever I wanted to.
From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl
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