Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for taffrail
Noun
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Police said some commuters leaped over the railing while others were crushed or fell underfoot and were trampled.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 June 2025 -
At first, Souper, whose real name is Hugo, tries to push Jeff over the railing at the top of a tall flight of stairs.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
1 June 2025
Noun
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The four-story house was built into a hillside and featured concrete walls, gabled tile roofs, balustrade terraces, arched portico and a chimney with six flues, the city of Capitola wrote in an application seeking to include the building on the National Register of Historic Places.—
Hannah Poukish,
Sacbee.com,
14 May 2025
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Ramon Portelli for Studio NiCHE The comparatively large 10-sq-m (107-sq-ft) outdoor terrace features a bespoke limestone planter in place of a traditional balustrade.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
11 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Russia has recently accused Ukraine of sabotaging the rail network.—
Hanna Arhirova,
Los Angeles Times,
6 June 2025
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In addition to serving tourists (in particular those headed to Neom), the bridge would also tie into a larger rail cargo network that Egypt has spent the past decade upgrading and would allow easier shipments of cargo from East to West.—
Adam Williams,
New Atlas,
6 June 2025
Noun
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The original Duluth Central High School, which closed in 1970 due to age and safety conditions, was known for its clock tower, sweeping stairways, chandeliers and iron banisters.—
Mars King,
Twin Cities,
15 Mar. 2025
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Stairs with an original wood banister rise to the second level, and adjacent to the foyer is a parlor.—
Angela Serratore,
New York Times,
14 May 2025
Noun
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For starters, security is a major concern—cross-chain interactions add complexity and introduce new risks, and the guardrails to protect against them are still evolving.—
Wesley Crook,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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State Department of Transportation crews responded to repair the guardrail.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
3 June 2025
Noun
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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
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Kidman’s stairs are shrouded in fog, slicked with ice, seemingly steep, and have dangerous polar-mushrooms sprouting from the bannisters.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Taffrail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taffrail. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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