stairs

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When police arrived, he says, Hatley told the officers she fell down the stairs.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Loznitsa includes multiple terse scenes of Kornev walking up endless stairs or waiting for a perturbed guard to unlock a door that will lead him to another door that also requires a key.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Thai civil servants have also been ordered to suspend overseas trips, wear short-sleeve shirts to work and use stairs instead of lifts.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Neoclassical busts are cast in sand, marble and bronze and carved through with winding stairs, arched doors and regal columns.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

And then Dad comes up the deck stairs, calling, “Hello, hello! I come bearing a fourteenth birthday gift! Hey, a whole crew!”

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison