railings

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As he approached the 8ft-high fence around his target he saluted two diplomatic protection officers and jumped onto the railings in an attempt to scale them.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

It’s where, in the early 1990s, the activity evolved out of skate parks and empty swimming pools into a global urban phenomenon that could be done nearly anywhere there were benches, stairs and railings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

The palace was home to Prince Charles and his first wife, Diana Princess of Wales, and the commission was for gates and railings separating the house from public gardens.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2025

They made a 6-by-10-foot space, completely enclosed in metal railings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

The galleries above, with their concrete railings, are for the lower-ranking women, the Marthas, the Econowives in their multicolored stripes.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood