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
We freaked out about the elevator and the escalator and the laptop; British guys in the 1750s thought the umbrella was a sign of weakness.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026
Near her chair, an escalator ferried people to and from the station’s lowest level, 230 feet underground.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 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
We go down an escalator and reach an area that looks like a park.
From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya
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
Lajpat and many other markets frequented by Ritu, Kanishka and millions of Indians are not malls with even surfaces, escalators and air-conditioning.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
It has shortened interpreter hours, powered down escalators and ignored loose cladding on its 75-year-old headquarters in New York.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
According to other attendees, including Times journalists, event staff were checking tickets, though not very thoroughly, at multiple points prior to escalators that descended to the metal detectors where Allen allegedly dashed past armed security.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2026
Once there, we rode the escalators up and down, spent our money on gourmet popcorn from Garrett’s, and commandeered tables at McDonald’s for more hours than was reasonable, given how little food we ordered.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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