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as in elevated

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Make sure to opt for heeled footwear to keep the ensemble elevated.

— Amber Rambharose, InStyle, 11 Jan. 2026

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The initiative, according to details shared first with Semafor, will allow state-level transportation agencies and railroads to lease out land alongside roads and tracks to private sector companies to develop new infrastructure.

— Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Some areas have paused data center expansion Stroy’s fields are just outside Murdock, a village named for a railroad official at the company that first laid tracks here in the 1890s.

— Will Weissert, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026

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At Hull’s railway station an hour or so later, a few Manchester United fans are scanning the departures board near Philip Larkin’s statue, which captures the late poet mid-stride.

— George Caulkin, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
The cache, discovered near Kojetín in central Moravia during archaeological work connected to a railway project, contained an assortment of worn and broken bronze objects.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026

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