up to the rafters
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During “Divinize,” four performers stand in front of Rosalía holding long, diaphanous sheets that billow up to the rafters before reeling them in, swaddling the singer like a baby.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
Once attendees were let inside the high school gym, folding chairs were laid out on the basketball court, and the bleachers were packed up to the rafters.
From Slate ● Nov. 27, 2023
Not five seconds later, he flung a ball up to the rafters and knocked it loose.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2023
The single easiest way to learn a college basketball program’s history is to look up — not statistics in a record book but up to the rafters.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2023
It held nothing but a narrow bed surrounded by crates of books towering up to the rafters.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
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