elevator

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Kone agreed to acquire German rival TK Elevator for about $23.66 billion, creating the world’s largest elevator maker by sales.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

Elevator operators and toll collectors are long gone.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

"The horses generally have taken most kindly to the lifts, and are carried up and down without trouble," reported the Otis Elevator Company when the tunnels opened in 1895.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2024

Elevator rides have become a game of chance, with losers sometimes posting videos of their predicaments.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2023

There was the usual line of holiday visa hopefuls stretching to the corner of Elevator Plaza, but Holly bypassed it by waving her badge at the waiting line.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer