monorail

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Recent Examples of monorail Typically, monorails and the like become a reasonable option when an attraction is overflowing with tourists. The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 4 June 2025 The airport is slated to complete a $5.5 billion construction project that includes a monorail that is supposed to reduce congestion. Eli Tan, New York Times, 14 May 2025 Michael Shaver worked as a monorail technician at Walt Disney World, while Laurie Shaver worked from home for an insurance company. Paige Harriss, ABC News, 10 Jan. 2025 The original drawing of the monorail, stenciled by Gurr within three days of getting the assignment and colored by John Hench, hangs in Gurr’s living room. Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for monorail
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monorail
Noun
  • On a bridge above the railroad tracks, a mother and daughter walk slowly toward me.
    Rebecca Chace July 14, Literary Hub, 14 July 2025
  • That limitation began to give way in the 19th century when the railroad barons needed property to build their rail lines.
    James Burling, Oc Register, 13 July 2025
Noun
  • On top of that, an ongoing railway worker shortage continues to lengthen dwell times for containers waiting at the port.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 14 July 2025
  • Williams, the son of a Welsh railway worker, was, like Dyer, lifted by grammar school and a scholarship to an august university—Cambridge, in his case.
    James Wood, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • Brightline, which started service in 2018 in South Florida and now carries passengers over a 235-mile rail line between Miami and Orlando, has been piling up significant financial losses despite steady gains in ridership.
    David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 11 July 2025
  • Instead, the remaining pairs are either going off the rails or just starting to gain steam.
    Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • Strengthening infrastructure – Communities need to prioritize schools, hospitals, roads, bridges, dams, water supply, sewer, sanitation, power, cellular, internet service, etc.
    Louis Gritzo, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
  • On the flip-side, the World Health Organization cites traffic noise such as road, rail and air traffic as the second most important cause of ill health in western Europe behind air pollution.
    Daisy Jones, Vogue, 15 July 2025

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