handrail
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She finished by painting the handrail bright blue and wrapping each stair with a Persian-style runner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026
The collection’s key motif was a curved red handrail designed for Milan’s 60-year-old red line by the late architect Franco Albini.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 13, 2024
The bag was needed to stow the handrail for its journey back to Earth.
From Salon ● Dec. 5, 2023
He gripped the handrail on either side of the stairs and forced his foot onto the first step.
From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2023
She laughs hard while holding on to the handrail.
From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi
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The cliffs he walked can now be traversed by stairs with convenient handrails built by the National Park Service.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
Widened paths, smooth flooring, and handrails will help people with disabilities get around.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025
Others, visibly distraught, squeezed onto crowded buses -- gripping handrails and bags -- or loaded onto lorries waiting to be spirited away.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2025
No rules, no handrails, no police, no governing body.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2025
Two handrails ran along either side of the wall, one a foot above the other.
From "George" by Alex Gino
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