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Recent Examples of rail
Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
Players can use new items, like an ice flower to freeze enemies and a mega mushroom to grow and squish them, grind on rails, defy gravity by wall-jumping and turn their karts into boats or airplanes.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 3 Apr. 2025
Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 14 Mar. 2025
President Trump has called climate change a hoax and railed against wind turbines, energy efficiency standards and electric vehicles.
—Neela Banerjee, NPR, 13 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Diesel trains could be used, but that wouldn’t test the rail line at the maximum authorized speed for electric rail cars, Noland said.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
Players can use new items, like an ice flower to freeze enemies and a mega mushroom to grow and squish them, grind on rails, defy gravity by wall-jumping and turn their karts into boats or airplanes.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 3 Apr. 2025
Verb
And like on the campaign trail, Trump railed against the prosecutions against him, including two led by the DOJ.
—Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 14 Mar. 2025
President Trump has called climate change a hoax and railed against wind turbines, energy efficiency standards and electric vehicles.
—Neela Banerjee, NPR, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rail
Noun
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She's noticed several new builds or renovation projects that show off columns and railings that are out of proportion with the house's size, which throws the entire home's curb appeal off balance.—
Tessa Cooper,
Southern Living,
3 Apr. 2025
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Workers look for nests of wild birds to remove, and the park has installed metal spikes on railings and the tops of buildings to discourage roosting.—
Karen Kucher,
Mercury News,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The back-bone contusion that prematurely ended his 2024-25 campaign after 30 games stemmed from a fall during a Mar. 19 road win vs. the Minnesota Timberwolves.—
Bobby Krivitsky,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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Foreign assistance has started to arrive, but efforts have been stifled by buckled roads, collapsed bridges and downed cell towers.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
31 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Leary plays Army Col. Patrick Quinn, who gets re-assigned to a base in the Netherlands after ranting against the Joint Chiefs of Staff.—
Fred Topel,
Deadline,
5 Apr. 2025
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What was once a lone voice ranting at a street corner becomes a mutually reinforcing chorus.—
Nikhil Krishnan,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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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Bokhari was also the lone vote on the City Council against a draft transit deal and purchasing railroad tracks for the Red Line train from uptown to the Lake Norman area.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Michael McFaul: The tragic success of global Putinism The European far right traditionally fulminated against Atlanticism, decrying the United States as the fulcrum of a global liberal order from which Europeans must de-link.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
19 Mar. 2025
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Congress responded to these findings with plenty of fulminating but no constructive solution.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Serbia has seen months of anti-government rallies after 16 deaths from a railway station roof collapse triggered accusations of widespread corruption and negligence.—
Reuters,
USA TODAY,
25 Mar. 2025
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However, unlike countries in Europe and Asia, most railway tracks and train stations are typically owned by freight railroads, not the government.—
Paul Weinstein Jr.,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
Verb
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But while Dhillon became a conservative favorite, she was reviled by her opponents.—
David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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More often, alleged female murderers are reviled or belittled.—
Jean Casarez,
CNN,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Rail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rail. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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