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Origin of stepladder
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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
“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
Ms. Platt dropped to the mat on her stomach, her arms and legs at crazy angles, as if she’d fallen from a stepladder.
From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee
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
Two rough-hewed stepladders are positioned back to back a few feet apart, creating a door-shaped space between them, while overhead, a pair of curved-arm Windsor chairs appear almost magically levitated.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2022
Some had been camping out since breakfast, with stools and stepladders.
From Reuters ● May 18, 2022
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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