often attributive
: a means of urban railway transportation using trolley cars
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The most prominent was the fatal stabbing this summer of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte light-rail train, an attack captured on video.
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CBS News, 18 Nov. 2025
However, the city has increasingly drawn attention after the killing of Iryna Zarutska, a young Ukrainian refugee stabbed on a light-rail train earlier this year.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025
The operation comes months after the fatal stabbing of Iryna Zarutska, a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee, aboard a Charlotte light-rail train.
—Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 16 Nov. 2025
Unfortunately, the city’s light-rail rapid-transit system does not serve the airport and instead is designed for ushering workers to and from the suburbs.
—Greyson Ferguson, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
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CBS News, 18 Nov. 2025
However, the city has increasingly drawn attention after the killing of Iryna Zarutska, a young Ukrainian refugee stabbed on a light-rail train earlier this year.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025
The operation comes months after the fatal stabbing of Iryna Zarutska, a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee, aboard a Charlotte light-rail train.
—Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 16 Nov. 2025
Unfortunately, the city’s light-rail rapid-transit system does not serve the airport and instead is designed for ushering workers to and from the suburbs.
—Greyson Ferguson, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
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“Light-rail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/light-rail. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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