swing door
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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His daughter, Nora, was 2 when she got caught between the elevator’s swing door and its accordion door, Reber said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2020
Turn the corner and walk through a waist-high swing door and Watson’s entire kitchen is alive with color, just like the rest of her home.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 12, 2020
Investigators believe it was Jacob pushing the elevator call button, opening the swing door and closing it behind him but failing to open the elevator car’s accordion door, according to court records.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 18, 2019
In places, robots swing door panels around to spot-weld with pinpoint accuracy; but a few metres away, a section of the factory still runs as it did 67 years ago, Davis confirms.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 11, 2015
“You pick,” I say, putting our dishes in the sink and heading through the swing door.
From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon
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