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PCMAG, 7 Mar. 2025
The bomb was dug up near train tracks north of Paris, forcing a shutdown of the rail network serving Gare du Nord, France's busiest station.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 7 Mar. 2025
Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2025
Kennedy, an environmental lawyer with no health background, has long railed against drug companies and other industries profiteering off people's illnesses.
—Tina Reed, Axios, 24 Feb. 2025
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Noun
In the console’s left rail menu, click Dark Web Monitoring and then click the Add New Item button.
—PCMAG, 7 Mar. 2025
The bomb was dug up near train tracks north of Paris, forcing a shutdown of the rail network serving Gare du Nord, France's busiest station.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 7 Mar. 2025
Verb
California’s planned bullet train is also in the crosshairs of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, and the billionaire owner of Tesla Motors has long railed against the project.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2025
Kennedy, an environmental lawyer with no health background, has long railed against drug companies and other industries profiteering off people's illnesses.
—Tina Reed, Axios, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rail
Noun
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The film contains no railing against ethnic minorities.—
Amitava Kumar,
The New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2025
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Elements yet to be added include planters — which will be placed from First to Melrose avenues — and new railings where Pike and Pine cross Interstate 5.—
Melissa Santos,
Axios,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In Colorado, transportation officials use avalanche forecasts to assess road safety, including a highway where a slide recently pushed a vehicle off the road.—
Amanda Castro,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
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Looking ahead to the 2026 midterm elections and 2028 presidential race, a prominent candidate with national ambitions would face a very tricky road running for new positions in back-to-back election cycles.—
Joshua Spivak,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
7 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Out-of-work electrician Bart Ross, who had a long history of ranting against judges and lawyers, shot himself two days later during a traffic stop outside Milwaukee.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Feb. 2025
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The man, whose face is covered by a ski mask and who appears to be wearing a Make America Great Again red baseball cap, can be seen in the video ranting and raving outside Masjid Nur Al-Islam, at 21 Church Ave.—
Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
22 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The mixed-use district is rising from the footprint of a once-derelict stretch of railroad warehouses; shining stars will include everything from Solidcore to local chain Celis Juice Bar to Northeast favorites like H&H Bagels and Sunday Motor Company out of Madison, New Jersey.—
Skye Sherman,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Mar. 2025
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Founded in 1887, the ICC had a pretty revolutionary job: regulating the powerful railroad industry.—
Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
4 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Congress responded to these findings with plenty of fulminating but no constructive solution.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Mar. 2025
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In Europe and the U.S., far-right politicians fulminated that the West was under siege.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Gare Du Nord in Paris is the busiest railway station in Europe by passenger numbers and served over 211 million people alone in 2022.—
Jon Haworth,
ABC News,
7 Mar. 2025
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Serbia’s political crisis began after the canopy of a railway station in the city of Novi Sad collapsed in November, killing 15 people.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN,
4 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Republicans and industrial lobbies have long reviled and even sought to abolish the CFPB.—
Douglas Gillison,
USA TODAY,
1 Mar. 2025
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Progressive Democrats think so, and his Republican critics certainly revile the kind of expansive legislative work Mr. Biden achieved — and are vowing to undo much of it.—
Ed O'Keefe,
CBS News,
18 Jan. 2025
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“Rail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rail. Accessed 18 Mar. 2025.
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