stair
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Aerobic activities included brisk walking, running, jogging, swimming, cycling, tennis, squash, strenuous outdoor work, and stair climbing.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 12, 2026
Despite "training five hours a day" and "running, walking, biking, stair climbing," she told the show she had no other choice but to "try something different".
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
There are elements in the staircase where the execution is shockingly crude, as in the loosely attached and poorly aligned metal panels capping the stair railing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
The new wing was designed by Shohei Shigematsu and Rem Koolhaas with Cooper Robertson, and has the geometric look of angular mesh enveloping an open stair case, elevator shafts and display spaces.
From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026
Gebu was just turning to climb the stair but, in the instant before the angle of the stairway hid him, Ranofer glimpsed a bundle under his arm.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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She bolted up the stairs and ran outside, joining neighbors, including some in their 80s who had walked down 12 flights of stairs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
It shows him coming down several flights of stairs, wearing tracksuit bottoms and no shoes or top.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
"The stairs came away, the whole wall cracked. Things fell from the ceiling. It was horrible," said 54-year-old bank employee Odalis Escalona.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
Another quote can be found at the top of the stairs, where the walls have been covered with the words “Look, we don’t have that much time.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
Two men were clumping down the stairs and into the dining room carrying something between them.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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