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Turner was just 24 when his father shot himself and died in the upstairs bathroom at the family’s home near Savannah.
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Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 6 May 2026
Screams echo from the upstairs bedrooms, where two husbands are in exile, watching a Green Bay Packers game with a newborn baby.
—Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
These excursions also offer access to the upstairs of the Big House, where the former plantation’s owners once lived — after entering through the building’s rear, as an enslaved person would.
—Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 21 Apr. 2026
Head inside to shop for groceries, T-shirts, and other vacation necessities, plus a huge array of gifts in the upstairs gift gallery.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 Apr. 2026
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Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 6 May 2026
Screams echo from the upstairs bedrooms, where two husbands are in exile, watching a Green Bay Packers game with a newborn baby.
—Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
These excursions also offer access to the upstairs of the Big House, where the former plantation’s owners once lived — after entering through the building’s rear, as an enslaved person would.
—Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 21 Apr. 2026
Head inside to shop for groceries, T-shirts, and other vacation necessities, plus a huge array of gifts in the upstairs gift gallery.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for the upstairs
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“The upstairs.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20upstairs. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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