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up to the rafters





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When she learned of her friend’s death, Ceaser-Germann climbed up to the rafters of her West Hills home.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2025

Meanwhile, a few feet away, fans were seated all the way up to the rafters.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 7, 2023

The single easiest way to learn a college basketball program’s history is to look up — not statistics in a record book but up to the rafters.

From Washington Post • Mar. 8, 2023

In rumbling tempests of bass and antic bursts of electro, from the main floor up to the rafters, Skrillex had every single body in motion—including my normally straitlaced one.

From Slate • Nov. 8, 2011

We climb all the way up to the rafters above the great hall and perch on heavy wooden beams.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black




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