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Recent Examples of railroad
The city was founded in 1781 and grew up on railroads and oil, at one time accounting for as much as 25% of the world’s oil output.
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Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2025
See The Star’s months-long investigation into U.S. railroads: Collision course: How American rail companies’ pursuit of profit put lives in danger?
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2025
Noland said the railroad is assessing fines as an incentive for the design/build contractor to finish its work as soon as possible.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
The city also plans to construct a bridge over the Union Pacific railroad track that bisects the parkway’s future path.
—Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2025
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Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2025
See The Star’s months-long investigation into U.S. railroads: Collision course: How American rail companies’ pursuit of profit put lives in danger?
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2025
Noland said the railroad is assessing fines as an incentive for the design/build contractor to finish its work as soon as possible.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
The city also plans to construct a bridge over the Union Pacific railroad track that bisects the parkway’s future path.
—Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for railroad
Noun
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The road that leads to the Ambassador Bridge, which connects Detroit to Canada, is notoriously difficult to navigate, even for locals.—
Jasmine Garsd,
NPR,
24 Apr. 2025
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The museum tracing the company’s history is just across the road from the coffee shop where Bastiaan Riemersma is sitting.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
24 Apr. 2025
Noun
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While Father Vitalii was growing up in Rivne, his father, a railway engineer and former Soviet soldier, had discouraged him from pursuing a military career of his own.—
Dominique Soguel,
Christian Science Monitor,
21 Apr. 2025
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This means strengthening and building fuel tanks, skeletal bases with paved parking areas and bunkers, fiber-optic cables, and even railway sidings to permit rapid unloading of trains.—
Barry R. Posen,
Foreign Affairs,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Railroad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/railroad. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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