ramps
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Examples
Ginger: [hauling Clarice up stairs in a wheelchair]: This ivory tower needs some ramps! Clarice: What are you saying, Ginger?! Build ramps and anyone could get up!! The whole school would be overrun by black commie dykes in wheelchairs! Really, now!
When herding behaviour among investors ramps up, a stock's or index's growth rate can increase faster than exponentially, leading to more herding. This positive feedback brings the system to a tipping point. About two-thirds of the time, a crash results.
Aerialists train for their jumping maneuvers during the summer months by skiing on specially constructed water ramps and landing in a large swimming pool.
All boaters are encouraged to use those ramps while the work is being done on the Ventura access.
Although the focus is more on cunning decisions and betrayals, From Russia with Love ramps up the action considerably.
And now we can see what it was like filming from the House of El, as Snyder shared a video of himself using the set as skateboard ramps.