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Recent Examples of handrail
Wheel Park West, designed for more experienced skaters, contains multiple concrete bowls and a street skating course with stairs, handrails and ledges.
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Zoey Thomas, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 July 2025
The man was approached by a Marine who stepped over a handrail and rushed toward him with a hand on his weapon, the video shows.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 14 June 2025
No date has been set for the Wisconsin Street Bridge project which will include replacing the bridge and reconstructing new guardrails, handrails and lights.
—Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2025
The escalator, the ways people stand on the escalator, the way the handrail moves quicker than the stairs do.
—Thresholds
june 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
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Zoey Thomas, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 July 2025
The man was approached by a Marine who stepped over a handrail and rushed toward him with a hand on his weapon, the video shows.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 14 June 2025
No date has been set for the Wisconsin Street Bridge project which will include replacing the bridge and reconstructing new guardrails, handrails and lights.
—Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2025
The escalator, the ways people stand on the escalator, the way the handrail moves quicker than the stairs do.
—Thresholds
june 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for handrail
Noun
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In it, two women sit on the sunlit balcony of a house; the older one reads, while the younger one rests atop the railing in a bikini.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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Lorenzen sprinted after the ball and grabbed it before running into the railing along the Rangers dugout.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
21 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Craftsmanship is another aspect that is visible in both cultures; this is represented in high-quality materials such as the cognac leather and gunmetal balustrade.—
Trinity Francis,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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Its stacks are long gone, but its fine coffered ceiling was rediscovered during renovations and belongs now to Rooms 20 and 21 that were built over the balustrade level.—
John Oseid,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
Noun
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Old hotel radiators were transformed into displays, as was a church banister found in a flea market in Italy.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
21 July 2025
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Its clean lines, circular main hall and curved banisters offer a glimpse into the terminal’s fascinating past.—
Daniel Wine,
CNN Money,
2 July 2025
Noun
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Indeed, what had looked like a fortune—the bay window, the fancy bannisters, the evergreen magnolia in the garden, which his mother had grown from a clipping taken in Lissadell—all of it had gone for the price of a fast car.—
Anne Enright,
New Yorker,
27 July 2025
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Visually, the scene recreates most of the composition and blocking of the game cutscene, from the design on Joel’s mug to the timing of when Ellie nervously thumps the porch bannister.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
20 May 2025
Noun
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What guardrails will be put in place to limit avoidance and evasion?—
Howard Gleckman,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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This caused the 57-year-old to lose control of her car and hit a guardrail in a crash that claimed her life.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Expect more fintechs to pursue multi-jurisdiction footprints that pair instant rails with direct or quasi-direct settlement access.—
Zennon Kapron,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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Marchenko, a resident of the southwest Siberian city of Kemerovo and a former accountant for the Russian state road and rail service, had flown into the country on July 15 to celebrate her daughter’s birthday and spend time with her family living in Sheepshead Bay.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Handrail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handrail. Accessed 31 Aug. 2025.
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