stairwell
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After Nazi bombs destroyed the stairwell in the Shulevitzes’ apartment building in Warsaw, the only way to reach the ground floor was by crossing boards placed across collapsed parts of the staircase.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Don’t let a bad stairwell scupper your plans.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
We’re hunkered down in a dark stairwell on the side of a hotel facing a busy street in Hollywood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
The roof had to be opened using a crane after the stairwell collapsed.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Straight back up the hallway, past the kids singing in his old first-grade classroom, past the entrance to the gym, to the stairwell.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
People do put stairlifts into basement stairwells, but the steeper and narrower space can make them trickier and possibly more expensive to install.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
City fire chief Du Zhenzhou told state media his personnel struggled to reach the upper levels of the building because stairwells and exits were blocked with shoe materials.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
Next time, put the magnetometers at the entryways to the Hilton before the dinner, and better manage the flow up and down stairwells.
From Slate ● Apr. 28, 2026
They had people sleeping in gyms, hallways, and even stairwells.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2025
"The rest were found in stairwells and mailboxes at Süderstrasse 205. All brought in by good citizens."
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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