ladder

Example Sentences

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It’s one of the hazards of the job, along with fertilizer-soaked boots, ripped pants from ladder cages, and encounters with pigeons, mice and sleeping bats.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Follow your own gut by putting your money in a secure vehicle like a Treasury or CD ladder.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

George Andain says shared ownership was his "only chance of getting a foot on the property ladder".

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

What they won’t tell you is that every year you spend climbing someone else’s ladder is a year you lose the exponential benefits of being young, broke and underestimated.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

His arms stretched across the doorframe like a rung on a ladder.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny