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All five girls jumped off the couch, stampeded toward the apartment door, and tumbled into the building’s stairwell, stepping on each other’s heels.
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Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Like Nakayla, Michelle was found dead in a stairwell by first responders.
—Sheetal Banchariya, New York Daily News, 2 May 2026
Fisher used an electric guitar fashioned from a beam recovered during his renovations of a church stairwell.
—CBS News, 2 May 2026
Fisher used an electric guitar fashioned from a beam recovered during his renovations of a church stairwell.
—ABC News, 1 May 2026
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Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Like Nakayla, Michelle was found dead in a stairwell by first responders.
—Sheetal Banchariya, New York Daily News, 2 May 2026
Fisher used an electric guitar fashioned from a beam recovered during his renovations of a church stairwell.
—CBS News, 2 May 2026
Fisher used an electric guitar fashioned from a beam recovered during his renovations of a church stairwell.
—ABC News, 1 May 2026
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“Stairwell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stairwell. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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stairwell
noun
stair·well
-ˌwel 
: a vertical shaft in which stairs are located
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