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The New Hampshire attorney general's office has agreed to a $10 million settlement in the case of a man who alleged that he was gang-raped in a stairwell at the state's youth detention center in the 1990s.
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CBS News, 22 Mar. 2025
The incident was upgraded to a shooting, and officers found an adult man in the common stairwell of the building with gunshot wounds.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2025
As incidents of rape continue to rise citywide, a man raped a 15-year-old girl at knifepoint in the stairwell of a Bronx building last week, police said on Tuesday, urging anyone else who may have been victimized by him to come forward.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2025
Parker said her friend took off and hid in a stairwell after being groped by Alon.
—Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
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CBS News, 22 Mar. 2025
The incident was upgraded to a shooting, and officers found an adult man in the common stairwell of the building with gunshot wounds.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2025
As incidents of rape continue to rise citywide, a man raped a 15-year-old girl at knifepoint in the stairwell of a Bronx building last week, police said on Tuesday, urging anyone else who may have been victimized by him to come forward.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2025
Parker said her friend took off and hid in a stairwell after being groped by Alon.
—Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Stairwell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stairwell. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.
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stairwell
noun
stair·well
-ˌwel 
: a vertical shaft in which stairs are located
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