escalator
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College freshmen right now were 8 years old when Trump walked down the escalator.
From Slate • Jan. 14, 2026
“In the escalator example, the only value accrued to the customer. This is how it always goes if no monopoly rents can be charged by the producers or providers,” added Burry.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 12, 2026
“When you get to the bottom of an escalator, if you stop there and stand and look around, everybody’s coming down behind you. So you got to keep moving.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025
But, as the UN made clear, the escalator suddenly stopped after a White House videographer accidentally triggered a safety mechanism.
From Salon • Oct. 1, 2025
I head back up the escalator, into the perfumed fug of the ground floor.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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