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handrail

[hand-rayl] / ˈhændˌreɪl /
NOUN
balustrade
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NOUN
banister
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You’re either stuck to a vinyl-clad seat or grabbing up for a handrail and trying to direct your face away from the armpits to your left and right.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

She finished by painting the handrail a bright blue and wrapping each stair with a Persian-style runner.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026

Known as 'the handrail of the Mournes' as it helps guide hikers, it is made of natural granite stone using only traditional dry stone walling techniques.

From BBC ● May 4, 2025

The collection’s key motif was a curved red handrail designed for Milan’s 60-year-old red line by the late architect Franco Albini.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 13, 2024

They liked to line up their candy along the low handrail that ran along the far side of the sloping porch.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez

“Eventually, Mr. Seaver’s residence had a no-trespassing sign in the front yard and barbed wire draped across the handrails leading to the front door,” the filing alleged.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

The cliffs he walked can now be traversed by stairs with convenient handrails built by the National Park Service.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

Others, visibly distraught, squeezed onto crowded buses -- gripping handrails and bags -- or loaded onto lorries waiting to be spirited away.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2025

No rules, no handrails, no police, no governing body.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2025

In complete boredom the next day he tied a large towel beneath the boom and over to the handrails on either side to make an awning and sat in the shade.

From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen


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