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The helicopters successfully evaded Pakistan's layered air defenses, there was a crash immediately at UBL's compound, guys were scrambling to get inside, Khalid bin Laden got melted in the stairwell and then the SEALs got bin Laden on the third deck.
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David Hookstead Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
And behind the auditorium stage, up an echoey stairwell, is a former storage closet that’s been turned into a boxing gym.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2026
Teams used multiple fans and vented smoke through a pressurized stairwell to a roof skylight.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
The bodies of two workers trapped when a stairwell roof collapsed at a parking garage under construction in Philadelphia have been found, authorities announced Monday morning.
—ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026
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David Hookstead Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
And behind the auditorium stage, up an echoey stairwell, is a former storage closet that’s been turned into a boxing gym.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2026
Teams used multiple fans and vented smoke through a pressurized stairwell to a roof skylight.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
The bodies of two workers trapped when a stairwell roof collapsed at a parking garage under construction in Philadelphia have been found, authorities announced Monday morning.
—ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026
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“Stairwell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stairwell. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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stairwell
noun
stair·well
-ˌwel 
: a vertical shaft in which stairs are located
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