stairway
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After the game ended with the Lakers stunning overtime victory, fans lined up to give him high-fives and cheer for him as his family descended a stairway.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026
After an initial ascent, Harrop was neck-and-neck with Fatton as the pair took off their skis to climb a stairway on foot.
From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026
Afterward, in a stairway, he said, “What are you going to do when you leave?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026
Police said they believed the couple had tried escaping through the window because thick smoke from the fire had blocked the stairway, local media report.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2025
I pause by the stairway doors that lead to the third floor and the teacher’s old storage room.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
Prudence is in short supply, and it is this very scarce resource that requires us “to block the roads to hell before building the stairways to heaven.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
“It is essential to get at least three in-person quotes, rather than relying on online estimates, as a walk-through allows movers to identify complications like narrow stairways or low-hanging branches in advance,” Sartore-Bodo says.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 23, 2026
While some funding has been secured and spent replacing stairways, little progress has yet been made on the wider ambition, despite its prime location beside the Scottish Event Campus.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026
Blue ribbons symbolising the victims adorn the airport, while letters remembering the dead line the stairways.
From Barron's ● Dec. 23, 2025
We’d whisper about it in stairways or around the QIC’s office.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
