handrail
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You’re either stuck to a vinyl-clad seat or grabbing up for a handrail and trying to direct your face away from the armpits to your left and right.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
Liccardo also asked for nearly $1 million in promised funds from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for a handrail project on the pier and an additional $9 million to protect coastal bluffs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
Known as 'the handrail of the Mournes' as it helps guide hikers, it is made of natural granite stone using only traditional dry stone walling techniques.
From BBC ● May 4, 2025
The collection’s key motif was a curved red handrail designed for Milan’s 60-year-old red line by the late architect Franco Albini.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 13, 2024
She ran down the stairs so fast, she almost tripped twice and needed to grab onto the handrail to keep from wiping out.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
The main residence has a grand staircase with custom brass handrails.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
Others, visibly distraught, squeezed onto crowded buses -- gripping handrails and bags -- or loaded onto lorries waiting to be spirited away.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2025
I wonder, though, why previous improvement projects have not addressed the lack of handrails on the stairways to the seats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2024
Street skateboarding courses resemble those of an urban street with obstacles such as handrails and stairs.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2024
In complete boredom the next day he tied a large towel beneath the boom and over to the handrails on either side to make an awning and sat in the shade.
From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen
