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Recent Examples of monorail
Initial reports incorrectly stated that Equitz was struck by the park's monorail, a free public transportation line that connects various outposts in the resort.
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Nov. 2025
Regulators ordered the active monorail to temporarily halt operations for a day, with Boring workers exposing the base of another column a few months later.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2025
Rumors and blog posts online suggested the guest had jumped in front of or been hit by the monorail, which runs through Disney’s Contemporary Resort.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
This monorail system has had over $1 billion spent on it with 3 miles of service area.
—Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Nov. 2025
Regulators ordered the active monorail to temporarily halt operations for a day, with Boring workers exposing the base of another column a few months later.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2025
Rumors and blog posts online suggested the guest had jumped in front of or been hit by the monorail, which runs through Disney’s Contemporary Resort.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
This monorail system has had over $1 billion spent on it with 3 miles of service area.
—Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monorail
Noun
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Steam power, railroads, electricity, and mass production reorganized industries, labor, and commerce.—
Phil Kafarakis,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Then came the Chilean branch of Williamson, Balfour, a global firm founded by two Scotsmen with interests in everything from flour mills to railroads and oil fields in Chile and Peru.—
Margaret Talbot,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Set the scene After taking a breathtaking ride through sweeping mountaintops on the Gornergrat Railway, Europe's highest open-air cogwheel railway, guests arrive in Andermatt—a fairly sleepy Swiss town.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 Jan. 2026
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For now, millions of passengers continue to rely on the unseen armies of drivers, engineers and technicians who keep high-speed railways running safely.—
Ben Jones,
CNN Money,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The visit comes months after the fatal August stabbing of Ukrainian immigrant Iryna Zarutska on the city’s LYNX Blue Line light rail.—
Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Jan. 2026
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But as the season progressed, the [shudders] discourse really went off the rails.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Roads and Railways The government has led the push for infrastructure capital expenditure through the roads and railways sectors, both of which are expected to receive higher allocations in the budget.—
Ashutosh Joshi,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
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Under the watchful eye of sheriffs deputies who threatened to ticket anyone caught standing in the road, along with a small number of National Guard members, the protesters took turns screaming swears and warming up in nearby parked cars.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Monorail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monorail. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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