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Recent Examples of rail
Suzanne Gamboa, NBC news, 6 July 2025
Being dragged against the chest-high pier railing and into the water was just a remote possibility, and there was always a sharp knife handy to cut the line.
—Donald Millus, Outdoor Life, 3 July 2025
Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
On the other side of the park, the Skate Park will be the ultimate playground for adrenaline junkies, with ramps to conquer and rails to grind.
—Calesa Township, Miami Herald, 10 July 2025
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Noun
The current carried him up the block and shoved him up against the wooden porch railing of a neighbor who was looking through a window with his flashlight.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC news, 6 July 2025
Being dragged against the chest-high pier railing and into the water was just a remote possibility, and there was always a sharp knife handy to cut the line.
—Donald Millus, Outdoor Life, 3 July 2025
Verb
Leading the Department of Transportation, with its vast budget and complex oversight of aviation, rail, and infrastructure, is a demanding full-time job.
—Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
On the other side of the park, the Skate Park will be the ultimate playground for adrenaline junkies, with ramps to conquer and rails to grind.
—Calesa Township, Miami Herald, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rail
Noun
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Leaning on the railing at Mather Point, both men said the change of plans had been pretty seamless.—
Joan Meiners,
AZCentral.com,
15 July 2025
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Gripping the stairwell railings inside the Crowne Plaza Ventura Beach Hotel on a recent afternoon, Tom Kutrosky ran up the steps two at a time — part of his training for an upcoming race that involves taking on 110 floors’ worth of stairs.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 July 2025
Noun
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On the flip-side, the World Health Organization cites traffic noise such as road, rail and air traffic as the second most important cause of ill health in western Europe behind air pollution.—
Daisy Jones,
Vogue,
15 July 2025
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Strengthening infrastructure – Communities need to prioritize schools, hospitals, roads, bridges, dams, water supply, sewer, sanitation, power, cellular, internet service, etc.—
Louis Gritzo,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
Verb
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The slightest noise from the children could propel him from the room, ranting.—
Noah Hawley,
The Atlantic,
2 July 2025
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Musk ranted against the bill after it was amended to end an electric vehicle tax credit at the end of September, opposed to the end of this year.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
Noun
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On a bridge above the railroad tracks, a mother and daughter walk slowly toward me.—
Rebecca Chace
July 14,
Literary Hub,
14 July 2025
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That limitation began to give way in the 19th century when the railroad barons needed property to build their rail lines.—
James Burling,
Oc Register,
13 July 2025
Verb
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As for fighting the Trump pressure campaign, even politicians as ambitious as Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker are mostly left to file lawsuits — and fulminate.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
5 May 2025
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At the time, even Carter's fellow Democrats fulminated against his incompetence.—
George Monastiriakos,
Newsweek,
31 Dec. 2024
Noun
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On top of that, an ongoing railway worker shortage continues to lengthen dwell times for containers waiting at the port.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
14 July 2025
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Williams, the son of a Welsh railway worker, was, like Dyer, lifted by grammar school and a scholarship to an august university—Cambridge, in his case.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
Verb
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In his native Germany, he was reviled by the Nazis as a degenerate artist.—
Celia Bell
July 22,
Literary Hub,
22 July 2025
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Every post, every public appearance, is thus grounds for psychoanalysis, a reaction that Bieber seems to both cultivate and revile.—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
16 July 2025
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“Rail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rail. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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