escalator
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The United Nations, now with a fixed escalator, kicks off its General Assembly, with all attention on the spiraling war in the Middle East.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
It starts three- and four-year-olds on an escalator of Spider-Man content that leads them to TV shows and movies aimed at grade-schoolers, teenagers and adults.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
When he announced his run for president in 2015, dramatically diverting the course of the American project, it was after a ride down a gold-mirrored escalator.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
Lovell is an escalator engineer from Hertfordshire and works for a company that has been responsible for installing, maintaining and upgrading the escalators at the national stadium.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
His T-shirt looked like it had been caught in an escalator and chewed to shreds.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
On Sphere’s escalators, grey-bearded lifers hugged in shredded battle jackets; tween girls in “Master of Puppets” hoodies drummed along to every fill; accents came from eastern Europe, Latin America and all the world over.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
The waxy scent that drifts up the escalators at the Los Angeles Central Library is immediately familiar to anyone who remembers the Mold-A-Rama.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Security ushered attendees down escalators to the ballroom upon seeing their tickets—other guests came in through a security checkpoint near an elevator bank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026
But relief is finally a step closer thanks to plans to install escalators in the shopping centre between the railway station to Union Street.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026
And she said, “Over there. See that big staircase with the escalators? See the sign? Says Underground. Take the Bakerloo Line to Willesden Junction or the Jubilee to Willesden Green. You OK, honey?”
From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon
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