Examples of railway in a Sentence
a system of railways that crisscrosses the whole nation
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The alleged attacks have included blazes at a shopping mall in Poland and an Ikea store in Lithuania, cyberattacks on Czech railways, and the vandalism of Jewish buildings in France.
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Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
In addition to the mighty river, the BNSF railway runs through town and the I-55 highway connects Osceola to New Orleans and Chicago.
—Didi Kirsten Tatlow, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
In the 1920s, Margery Crandon, the wife of a prominent Boston surgeon, was visited in séances by her brother Walter, who had died in a railway accident at age twenty-eight.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Difficult path to building urban railways However, other types of obstacles presented themselves.
—Michael Wells, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025
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Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
In addition to the mighty river, the BNSF railway runs through town and the I-55 highway connects Osceola to New Orleans and Chicago.
—Didi Kirsten Tatlow, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
In the 1920s, Margery Crandon, the wife of a prominent Boston surgeon, was visited in séances by her brother Walter, who had died in a railway accident at age twenty-eight.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Difficult path to building urban railways However, other types of obstacles presented themselves.
—Michael Wells, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025
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“Railway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/railway. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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railway
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rail·way
ˈrā(ə)l-ˌwā 
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