ladder
Example Sentences
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The governor praised quick-thinking first responders, notably firefighters who "were quite literally climbing up ladders, handing individuals in this nursing home to police, who were at times carrying two people on their back to safety."
From Barron's
Atop the aerial ladder of a bright red fire engine, a firefighter wrangles a hose.
From Los Angeles Times
They combine animals and figures; architecture, ladders and wagons; abstraction and representation.
The missing lower rung in today’s career ladder isn’t a problem to be solved.
Another time, she fell off a ladder while working on Christmas decorations, knocking herself out and severely bruising her face.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
