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Video on social media showed firefighters battling a blaze and residents trying to escape down the stairwell of the 21-story building.
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Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 June 2025
After ambushing a group of pink guards in the quarters, the rebels, armed with guns, made their way to the colorful stairwells.
—Yasmeen Hamadeh, People.com, 27 June 2025
And do a run-through to determine how many doors there are between your room and the nearest stairwell.
—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 24 June 2025
At trial, jurors viewed footage of an unmasked man running down a stairwell just after Johnson’s death.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2025
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Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 June 2025
After ambushing a group of pink guards in the quarters, the rebels, armed with guns, made their way to the colorful stairwells.
—Yasmeen Hamadeh, People.com, 27 June 2025
And do a run-through to determine how many doors there are between your room and the nearest stairwell.
—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 24 June 2025
At trial, jurors viewed footage of an unmasked man running down a stairwell just after Johnson’s death.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2025
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“Stairwell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stairwell. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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stairwell
noun
stair·well
-ˌwel 
: a vertical shaft in which stairs are located
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