escalator

But standing still is no guarantee of safety either: One woman’s hem got caught in the teeth of an escalator.

From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026

She hands out camping chairs, decides when it is safe to use the escalator, and de-escalates spats between people squabbling over a patch of floor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 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

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

They’d pause as if at the edge of deep water, and then start down the escalator, running, trying to match the apparent speed of the stairs.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

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

According to other attendees, including Times journalists, event staff were checking tickets, though not very thoroughly, at multiple points prior to escalators that descended to the metal detectors where Allen allegedly dashed past armed security.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2026

Joyce Keenan, 71, from Westhill, said she thought escalators would have been installed "years ago".

From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026

Napoli recently served as Chairman and CEO of Schindler Group, a Swiss maker of elevators and escalators.

From Barron's ● Apr. 14, 2026

Once there, we rode the escalators up and down, spent our money on gourmet popcorn from Garrett’s, and commandeered tables at McDonald’s for more hours than was reasonable, given how little food we ordered.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama