handrail
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She finished by painting the handrail bright blue and wrapping each stair with a Persian-style runner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026
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
The bag was needed to stow the handrail for its journey back to Earth.
From Salon ● Dec. 5, 2023
He gripped the handrail on either side of the stairs and forced his foot onto the first step.
From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2023
She laughs hard while holding on to the handrail.
From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi
The cliffs he walked can now be traversed by stairs with convenient handrails built by the National Park Service.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
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
No rules, no handrails, no police, no governing body.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2025
Over the summer holidays, the school spent about £10,000 on building adaptations, such as handrails and accessible bathrooms, for incoming students, making a “big dent” in its budget.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2024
With the help of the handrails I went down the stairwell four steps at a time.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
