escalator
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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
We freaked out about the elevator and the escalator and the laptop; British guys in the 1750s thought the umbrella was a sign of weakness.
From Slate ● Sep. 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
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
We took the escalator down into the station and walked to the ticket machine.
From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks
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
But relief is finally a step closer thanks to plans to install escalators in the shopping centre between the railway station to Union Street.
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
And she said, “Over there. See that big staircase with the escalators? See the sign? Says Underground. Take the Bakerloo Line to Willesden Junction or the Jubilee to Willesden Green. You OK, honey?”
From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon
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