handrail
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You’re either stuck to a vinyl-clad seat or grabbing up for a handrail and trying to direct your face away from the armpits to your left and right.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
Known as 'the handrail of the Mournes' as it helps guide hikers, it is made of natural granite stone using only traditional dry stone walling techniques.
From BBC ● May 4, 2025
“He stands outside, in the dark London night, sobbing and unsteady, the handrail only a few feet away. And below that is the cold hard pavement,” Henry writes in her book.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2024
The collection’s key motif was a curved red handrail designed for Milan’s 60-year-old red line by the late architect Franco Albini.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 13, 2024
Holding the handrail, I try to move faster.
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Widened paths, smooth flooring, and handrails will help people with disabilities get around.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025
The main residence has a grand staircase with custom brass handrails.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
Others, visibly distraught, squeezed onto crowded buses -- gripping handrails and bags -- or loaded onto lorries waiting to be spirited away.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2025
Original cast-iron sconces, iron handrails and chandeliers remained in the house, which is on the National Register of Historic Places.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2025
They stood among rumpled leather sacks, and they clung desperately to rope handrails on the sides of the raft.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
