stairs
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Firefighters climbed stairs and ran toward mortal danger, while a cascade of people tried as hard as they could to get down.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
At the scene of the second strike, an AFP correspondent saw the ruins of a devastated villa, with large decorative columns laying on their side next to stairs littered with rubble.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
He encouraged his followers to fill 5-gallon jugs and join him and Joey, a triathlete, for military-style drills on the sand, in the water and up the stairs and adjacent hill.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
As Lenny left the stage, an exodus of crying babies, sugar-crashed toddlers and bleary-eyed parents trickled down the steep stairs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
The meter in the Beje was in the back hall at the foot of the stairs.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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