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In recent months, swastikas and racial slurs were spray-painted outside an office in Boca Raton, and antisemitic language was etched into handrails at a local park.
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Laurence Milstein, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
By the ‘80s, the garden was gone, replaced by a pavilion by Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer — a postmodern Mesopotamian gate with glass blocks and undulating turquoise handrails.
—Bloomberg, 24 Apr. 2026
Other details include original bronze cast doorknobs, plates and handrails.
—Saleema Syed, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
Leaning forward or hunching over the handrails—or grasping them too tightly—can reduce activation in your lower-body muscles.
—Christa Sgobba, Health, 7 Apr. 2026
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Laurence Milstein, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
By the ‘80s, the garden was gone, replaced by a pavilion by Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer — a postmodern Mesopotamian gate with glass blocks and undulating turquoise handrails.
—Bloomberg, 24 Apr. 2026
Other details include original bronze cast doorknobs, plates and handrails.
—Saleema Syed, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
Leaning forward or hunching over the handrails—or grasping them too tightly—can reduce activation in your lower-body muscles.
—Christa Sgobba, Health, 7 Apr. 2026
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“Handrail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/handrail. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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handrail
noun
hand·rail
ˈhan-ˌdrāl 
: a narrow rail for grasping as a support (as on a staircase)
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