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Recent Examples of Synonyms for taffrail
Noun
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Shortly after, Lipa shared an Instagram carousel of her look without revealing the ring, with the exception of one picture in which her left hand openly rests on a railing.—
Michelle Lee,
People.com,
28 Jan. 2025 -
Lorraine was waiting, leaning on the railing of a lower deck, when Dani passed by.—
Sheila Heti,
The New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2025
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Alba followed her through the slit sheet of plastic draped over the front door to keep the dust in, and on the landing leaned over the balustrade to watch her descent.—
Cormac James,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Mar. 2024
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The semicircles of pillars face a pool with a fountain, and 24 bronze bas-reliefs on the entrance balustrades illustrate scenes from the war years, at home and abroad.—
Adam Nossiter,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2025
Noun
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America’s alliances and our military presence around the world serve as guard rails preventing humanity’s worst impulses from manifesting as conflicts that would risk the lives and prosperity of Americans.—
Colin Pascal,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Feb. 2025
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These synapses are supported by 'rail tracks' that enable the flow of essential nutrients and information, and they're called microtubules.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 Feb. 2025
Noun
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When the hero ducks so that one baddie punches the other one, then backflips over a banister to two-leg kick the guy coming up from beneath?—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
27 Dec. 2024
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The tour begins in the couple's front entryway, where pink and green pastel ribbon bows adorn a banister leading upstairs.—
Tabitha Parent,
People.com,
23 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Fire officials said one car rolled over and went through a guardrail causing heavy damage.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
12 Feb. 2025
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Their back-and-forth comes as political and business leaders are meeting at the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit today in Paris to discuss how to create effective guardrails for AI without stifling innovation.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN,
11 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The other children holding on to the bannisters, and my brother Franz standing at the door, pleading for peace with the German word Frieden.—
Hugo Hamilton,
The New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2024
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Kravitz approaches her and climbs up on the bannister, before lifting her up and giving her a huge hug.—
Rania Aniftos,
Billboard,
8 July 2024
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“Taffrail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taffrail. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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