staircase
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To mimic strength training, the mice climbed a 70-centimeter staircase while carrying weights attached to their tails.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
Upon entering the home, guests are greeted with checkered flooring and a grand staircase.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
"The set design was highly cinematic, with a monumental staircase sweeping up one side and a moon dominating the stage, while the backdrop appeared to have a stark, almost brutalist gray texture."
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Webb creates an implacable sense of doom that continually builds toward the last scene, with a deadly cadence and a final staircase suggesting the gallows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
She led Clare up a tight, spiraling staircase, shedding coils of moss in her wake.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Those patterns, according to the model, would help neighboring DNA molecules align with one another much like two interlocking spiral staircases.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
Dust coats the staircases leading to the balcony, while rows of worn seats still face the stage beneath peeling painted ceilings and decorative plasterwork.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
The work can be physically demanding: Cleaners haul heavy trash bags and equipment up and down staircases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Each version getting comically bigger, those staircases on the side that one can only imagine were generated by ChatGPT, leading to nowhere.
From Slate ● May 7, 2026
I’m working on a model of a library with an Escher-like interior of staircases that end midstep and go nowhere.
From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon
