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
She finished by painting the handrail bright blue and wrapping each stair with a Persian-style runner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 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
I count the stairs as we walk up—18—and don’t touch the handrail.
From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty
The cliffs he walked can now be traversed by stairs with convenient handrails built by the National Park Service.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
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
Over the summer holidays, the school spent about £10,000 on building adaptations, such as handrails and accessible bathrooms, for incoming students, making a “big dent” in its budget.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2024
On Wednesday, however, Francis appeared unable to climb up the few steps to board his popemobile at the end of his audience, even while grasping onto the handrails.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 6, 2024
There were handrails to help me reach the valve, which I did easily.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
