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
“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
“When you get to the bottom of an escalator, if you stop there and stand and look around, everybody’s coming down behind you. So you got to keep moving.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025
The new terminal has a much bigger and better security-lane setup, which should alleviate the legendary bottlenecks caused by a cramped space at the bottom of an escalator in the old venue.
From Slate • Nov. 24, 2025
Armpit took the escalator down to the baggage claim, where he spotted a man holding a sign with Theodore Johnson on it.
From "Small Steps" by Louis Sachar
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