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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
We use a stepladder from the receiving room to bring down some gems.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2023
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
Use a stepladder if you can’t easily reach the top.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 21, 2022
When Dad came home, he silently got his stepladder out and cut two feet off the top.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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
“You forgot to bring the two painting stepladders and the board!”
From "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Florence Atwater and Richard Atwater
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