escalator
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A notoriously tiring stairway leading to the Trinity from the train station is also being replaced by an escalator.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
The United Nations, now with a fixed escalator, kicks off its General Assembly, with all attention on the spiraling war in the Middle East.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
It starts three- and four-year-olds on an escalator of Spider-Man content that leads them to TV shows and movies aimed at grade-schoolers, teenagers and adults.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
When he announced his run for president in 2015, dramatically diverting the course of the American project, it was after a ride down a gold-mirrored escalator.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
Proof positive that the escalator trade was possible.
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
On Sphere’s escalators, grey-bearded lifers hugged in shredded battle jackets; tween girls in “Master of Puppets” hoodies drummed along to every fill; accents came from eastern Europe, Latin America and all the world over.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
The most important visuals to get right were the giant skylight and the escalators climbing up from the mall’s center.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
It has shortened interpreter hours, powered down escalators and ignored loose cladding on its 75-year-old headquarters in New York.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
Lovell is an escalator engineer from Hertfordshire and works for a company that has been responsible for installing, maintaining and upgrading the escalators at the national stadium.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
There’s a Starbucks and a set of escalators and dozens and dozens of people.
From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli
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