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Drywood termites don’t make colonies underground but live in structural timbers or even furniture and handrails inside a home.
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 27 June 2025
Plus, your core is forced to put in some work to keep you balanced, since these machines don’t have handrails.
—Jessica Kasparian, SELF, 3 June 2025
The capsule is fitted with handrails to allow movement.
—Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 13 Apr. 2025
Two unidentified male blood samples, one on a handrail and one on a glove outside, were recovered by investigators after the stabbing deaths of Madison Mogen, 21, Kaylee Goncavles, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 13 Feb. 2025
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 27 June 2025
Plus, your core is forced to put in some work to keep you balanced, since these machines don’t have handrails.
—Jessica Kasparian, SELF, 3 June 2025
The capsule is fitted with handrails to allow movement.
—Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 13 Apr. 2025
Two unidentified male blood samples, one on a handrail and one on a glove outside, were recovered by investigators after the stabbing deaths of Madison Mogen, 21, Kaylee Goncavles, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Handrail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/handrail. Accessed 26 Aug. 2025.
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handrail
noun
hand·rail
ˈhan-ˌdrāl 
: a narrow rail for grasping as a support (as on a staircase)
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