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Investigators had found a pry bar and two screwdrivers Friedmann had hidden in the north stairwell.
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Keith Sharon, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2025
Grant, a senior, disappeared on Oct. 17, 2021, after the three teens (age 16, 17, and 17 at the time) lured him from his apartment into an empty stairwell.
—Laura Barcella, People.com, 19 Feb. 2025
All far more complex problems to solve than finding the perfect couch or what art to hang on the stairwell — though that, too, was a process.
—Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 6 Feb. 2025
Before Albrecht can even finish giving Lasher-care instructions, Ian goes full Lady Macbeth and slits Albrecht’s throat right there in the stairwell.
—Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 2 Feb. 2025
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Keith Sharon, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2025
Grant, a senior, disappeared on Oct. 17, 2021, after the three teens (age 16, 17, and 17 at the time) lured him from his apartment into an empty stairwell.
—Laura Barcella, People.com, 19 Feb. 2025
All far more complex problems to solve than finding the perfect couch or what art to hang on the stairwell — though that, too, was a process.
—Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 6 Feb. 2025
Before Albrecht can even finish giving Lasher-care instructions, Ian goes full Lady Macbeth and slits Albrecht’s throat right there in the stairwell.
—Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 2 Feb. 2025
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“Stairwell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stairwell. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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stairwell
noun
stair·well
-ˌwel 
: a vertical shaft in which stairs are located
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