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stair

[stair] / stɛər /


NOUN
step
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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 Jun. 1, 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

The two were on their way down the stair as Ranofer entered the courtyard.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

"I was using my walking stick pretty much all the time at that point and I could barely get up the stairs", she says.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

My bags were carried up the stairs and my boarding pass was delivered to my seat in the salon.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

Taylor Coulter was returning from the toilets in Magaluf's famous Bananas nightclub when a stranger bumped into her on the stairs.

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

Another thing that won’t change: Passengers will continue to walk across the tarmac from terminal to stairs to planes, rather than using the enclosed jetways common in other airports, especially larger ones.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

The meter in the Beje was in the back hall at the foot of the stairs.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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