You need to answer a given question containing a blank (_). Your answer must be one of the two objects mentioned in the question, for example "trophy" and "suitcase". Your answer must not contain a word that is not present in the question. Please don't use articles (e.g., the, a) before the answer.

Q: I decided to take the lift and not the escalator because the _ looked dirtier.

A: escalator
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Q: The blog didn't get as many viewers as the newspaper because the _ was popular.

A: newspaper
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Q: It was quicker to take the train and not the bus because the _ had zero stops along the way.

A:
train
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