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This hysterical comedy by writer-director Jesse Eisenberg has deep affection for artists clinging to the bottom rung of showbiz.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
No one will give speeches at the ceremony, while bereaved family members will read out the names of all of those killed and a bell rung to mark major moments during the attack.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
“Condos really represent kind of the entry rung to the homeownership ladder,” Berner, the economist, said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
“And so that usually puts that group of people into a lower rung of the income distribution.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
The bell had just rung for lunch, and the photo club was having an all-hands meeting.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
Obrokta, 54, drives a Rolls-Royce and lives in an 10,500-square-foot lakefront mansion in the Orlando suburb of Windermere, but he spent most of his life on the bottom rungs of the economic ladder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
While his father was a Yankees legend, Preston Mattingly never advanced beyond the lowest rungs of the minors during his time as a player.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
Another Briton, Billy Harris, travelled around the lower rungs of the circuit sleeping in his Transit van for three-and-a-half years.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
Each was a career politician who spent decades laboriously climbing the government rungs before being elected governor.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2026
There was a ladder made of iron whose slick rungs were coated with ice that gleamed like neon in the circling blades of yellow.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
