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stairwell
[stair-wel]
noun
the vertical shaft or opening containing a stairway.
stairwell
/ ˈɛəˌɛ /
noun
a vertical shaft or opening that contains a staircase
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of stairwell1
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Mobile phones, cameras and other electronic gizmos surrendered, we squeezed along narrow corridors and down stairwells, including a bit of the building that was Henry VIII's tennis court.
The Haitian man made it two steps out of the courtroom before he was swarmed by federal agents and ushered down an emergency exit stairwell.
The source of the irritation is a small blue box installed in a stairwell leading to the market, the latest tactic used by property owners to deter unhoused people from camping out in the area.
"There was no indication of flooding inside Bayesian until water came in over the starboard rails and, within seconds, entered the internal spaces down the stairwells," the report says.
Blood was also visible on the door handle of a stairwell exit, where the assailant was seen fleeing the building in a video released by police.
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