ladders

plural of ladder

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of ladders Pick it up for $124 to stow bikes, ladders, mowers, and gardening supplies inside, or keep shopping below for even more shippable finds from Amazon. Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Dec. 2024 Crews placed ground ladders to fire escapes in order to help evacuate occupants from the building on South Hope Street, according to a Los Angeles Fire Department news release. Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024 No injuries were reported, but crews had to use ground ladders to reach fire escapes and assist unhoused persons that were exiting the vacant structure. Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 26 Dec. 2024 More than a hundred people had to be evacuated using ropes and ladders after a lift at a ski resort in Colorado malfunctioned and left visitors suspended in the air. Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2024 Hook-and-ladders are a regular staple in the playbook. Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 20 Dec. 2024 The crew's ladders could not reach past the eighth floor of the hotel, and the firefighters' rescue nets could not accommodate people falling from higher than 70 feet, according to the Georgia Historical Society. Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 6 Dec. 2024 The ladders look a bit precarious, and student volunteers aren’t permitted to use them. Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024 His crew is mostly high school students collecting community service hours along with old hands who have been using wobbly ladders, ropes and pulleys for years to string long strands of lights from the cedars’ graceful branches. Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ladders
Noun
  • Then, five thousand or so years ago, after agriculture spread and prehistory gave way to history, hierarchies emerged, dividing our societies into groups—the socioeconomic élites and everyone else.
    Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The neo-noir drama, which explores India’s social hierarchies through a criminal justice lens, returns with lead actors Jaideep Ahlawat, Ishwak Singh and Gul Panag, joined by new cast members Tillotama Shome, Nagesh Kukunoor and Jahnu Barua.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • At current scales, nobody can compete with DJI.
    David Hambling, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
  • At current scales, nobody can compete with DJI.
    David Hambling, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Meanwhile, Variety suggested that NBC, which aired the original series, could pick up the revival as well.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Trésors de Famille: is a series of ultra-aged single-barrel releases from the Grande Champagne cru.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025

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“Ladders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ladders. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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