escalator
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The best explanation I got was: Imagine there’s an escalator that takes you up, but when you get to the top of the escalator you’re down.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
College freshmen right now were 8 years old when Trump walked down the escalator.
From Slate • Jan. 14, 2026
“In the escalator example, the only value accrued to the customer. This is how it always goes if no monopoly rents can be charged by the producers or providers,” added Burry.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 12, 2026
On a visit to the Chicago store, Virginia Lee, a food-industry market researcher, watched customers descend the Whole Foods escalator, grabbing a Red Bull at Amazon Grocery on their way out.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2025
She lets go, and the escalator draws me up and away until my waving sister disappears.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
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