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railing

[rey-ling] / ˈreɪ lɪŋ /


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Snell’s teammates hopped down from the railing to high-five him as he walked through the growing crowd.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

His attorneys said the blast melted decorative lighting on his balcony, charred the railing and melted sections of artificial turf.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

Otherwise you’re just railing in impotent fury at the companies frying the planet.

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

Others have also protested, including more than a thousand actors and producers who signed an open letter in April railing against the merger.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

While the boats are anchored, we passengers are allowed up on deck, and so I stand at the railing to watch the longboats glide through water clear as turquoise glass.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

If approval is granted then the costs to install the railings are not yet known.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

Joshua Robbins, 23, leant on the balcony railings of his home in Holland and Thurston Dwellings, Holborn, when it gave way on 26 January.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

She hopes to eventually start her own company repairing trailers and railings.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 21, 2026

It’s where, in the early 1990s, the activity evolved out of skate parks and empty swimming pools into a global urban phenomenon that could be done nearly anywhere there were benches, stairs and railings.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 7, 2026

I lean down and look through the banister railings.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali




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