elevator
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The director, recently freed from a malfunctioning elevator in a pithily Andersonian incident, made a brief appearance onstage with Murray in his regal white suit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
There’s that elevator where one reality ends and another begins.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
Jefferson’s default prose is 18th-century elevator music, clear and tinkling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
He had hatched an idea with Brownies & Lemonade, which was known for hosting famous DJs in anomalous places: inside the elevator at United Talent Agency, in a USS aircraft carrier.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
To achieve this, the staff offered mediocre service; the rooms were kept clean, but not too clean, and the building’s lone elevator was almost always out of order.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
Once reliability testing is done, there will be another round of tests to ensure trains are integrated with fixed facilities such as elevators and stations, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026
The electric-vehicle maker said it will be led by Silvio Napoli, the former CEO and executive chairman of the Schindler Group, a Switzerland-based manufacturer and service provider focused on elevators and escalators.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 14, 2026
Napoli recently served as Chairman and CEO of Schindler Group, a Swiss maker of elevators and escalators.
From Barron's ● Apr. 14, 2026
Among other things, elevator companies are integrating their systems with autonomous robots that will ride elevators and navigate buildings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026
We walk down the yellow hall with the industrial carpet, that factory gray, past the shiny elevators, and through a heavy door to the stairwell.
From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon
