escalator

Example Sentences

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The best explanation I got was: Imagine there’s an escalator that takes you up, but when you get to the top of the escalator you’re down.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 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

During a family vacation in Germany, she ended up at a hospital after toppling down an escalator.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

The new terminal has a much bigger and better security-lane setup, which should alleviate the legendary bottlenecks caused by a cramped space at the bottom of an escalator in the old venue.

From Slate • Nov. 24, 2025

We rushed to the escalator that led down to the track, and ran down it right as the train doors opened.

From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks