banister
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The velvety silhouette feels as distant as the sea, whose dark surface is sliced by the banister.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
She can now ride her bike again and walk up stairs "without hanging on to the banister".
From BBC ● May 22, 2025
Chu: Ari really owned the space — every time she moved, she knew what her intention was, she lived in that physicality, jumping on the banister and kicking up her leg.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2024
Pennoyer ordered garlands on Amazon to hang over doors and windows and run up the banister.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 8, 2023
I followed it to the spiral staircase and walked down, remembering the times Mother and I had slid down the banister.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
Along the banisters were motion-activated lights - one wrong step and they would flare on, announcing their presence.
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026
A 1960s life-size mirrored figure by the Italian artist Claudio Platania and the French fashion designer Pierre Cardin stood on one of the home’s landings, reflecting the angular carvings of the original pine banisters.
From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 2024
I love the circular marble stairs with carved wooden banisters and wrought-iron posts that climb past the Vazrajdane theater, which shares the old building.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 18, 2022
Armed with a set of spoons, he battered them against every available surface — from his knees, teeth and cheeks to pillars, sidewalks and banisters — scooping rhythmic staccatos out of thin air.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 28, 2021
Mick sat on the banisters and watched down the dark street.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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