elevator
Example Sentences
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“The most frequent calls we had last night due to the power outages was people stuck in elevators and fire alarms going off,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times
Not the mellow, easy-listening variety that serves as background music in elevators and waiting rooms.
From Los Angeles Times
She and about 20 other students barricaded the elevators with tables and chairs.
She said she’d like to find a new apartment because the partly subsidized unit she’s been living in for 26 years has no elevator and she’s on the second floor.
From Los Angeles Times
We were well into our journey from Los Angeles to Chicago, surrounded by cornfields and grain elevators, when the train halted and a voice rang out.
From Los Angeles Times
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