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Recent Examples of banisterAlmost 14,000 square feet of living space is accented throughout with antiques from the collection of newspaper publisher and Crosby friend William Randolph Hearst, including a 17th-century wood staircase banister, linen fold paneling, and custom furnishings.—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 27 Feb. 2025 Nothing’s left but the stairs, banisters, and porch railing.—Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Jan. 2025 The rough concrete walls and silky wood banisters were just the tissue wrapping, really, for the feeling of living comfortably almost outdoors.—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2025 Instead of being broken apart and put back together, as Cave does with his materials, the rosettes and banisters and Corinthian capitals have been replastered, touched up, or reinforced, and the business to which the space is devoted has been updated.—Will Heinrich, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for banister
Brunson would hop over the railing to confront Haliburton and ultimately set up an intense moment in front of the screaming New York-partisan crowd.
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Jason Jones,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
The fall occurred Thursday afternoon from the apartment's private balcony, which has protective glass, not a railing, according to Montgomery County police spokesperson Shiera Goff.
There, he’s been working on high-speed rail, notably the long-beleaguered effort to build fast train lines up and down the spine of California.
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Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
23 May 2025
While Ramaphosa kept his composure and the meeting did not go off the rails like the infamous February meeting in the Oval Office between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the South African president was clearly put on his heels by Trump’s tactics.
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