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Recent Examples of railroad
Up to 75 mph winds ripped down power lines, tossed trees onto roads and railroad tracks and forced businesses to close for the day.
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2025
That evil’s approach may be getting expedited by encroaching railroad construction, whose workers (two played by Aurora Perrineau and Corteon Moore) are camped out nearby.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 11 July 2025
This road was the first railroad link to the mines of Breckenridge and is rarely steep or rough.
—R. Scott Rappold, Denver Post, 4 July 2025
The first major, controversial change to American federal tipping policy came in the 1940s, when railroad red caps, tipped workers who carry your bags around a railroad station, fought for and won a full minimum wage with tips.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 2 July 2025
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2025
That evil’s approach may be getting expedited by encroaching railroad construction, whose workers (two played by Aurora Perrineau and Corteon Moore) are camped out nearby.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 11 July 2025
This road was the first railroad link to the mines of Breckenridge and is rarely steep or rough.
—R. Scott Rappold, Denver Post, 4 July 2025
The first major, controversial change to American federal tipping policy came in the 1940s, when railroad red caps, tipped workers who carry your bags around a railroad station, fought for and won a full minimum wage with tips.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for railroad
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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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Torrential rains caused travel delays throughout the city, flooding subways and roads and delaying flights at JFK, Laguardia and Newark airports.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
15 July 2025
Noun
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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
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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
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“Railroad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/railroad. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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