el

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Noun
  • The partnership is aimed at strengthening the companies' services as the freight rail industry becomes increasingly competitive — particularly as Union Pacific moves ahead with its plans to acquire Norfolk Southern to create a transcontinental railroad.
    Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Based on Denis Johnson’s beloved novella, Train Dreams is the portrait of Robert Grainier (Joel Edgerton), a logger and railroad worker who leads a life of unexpected depth and beauty in the rapidly changing America of the early 20th Century.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Other Freightliner businesses, including bulk freight transportation division Heavy Haul, railway service provider Rotterdam Rail Feeding, and Freightliner’s Poland and Germany operations—will remain under existing ownership.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Further north, trains will be gradually suspended on Tuesday throughout Guangdong province, railway authorities said.
    Helen Regan, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
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“El.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/el. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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