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Recent Examples of railing
Bryan West, Nashville Tennessean, 18 Oct. 2025
Six-foot glass railings and coral stone floors add the finishing touch.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2025
The men began retracing their steps, but now White maintained that the spot with the railing was the right one.
—Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
One Auburn fan leaned over the railing, waved his middle finger and yelled.
—Seth Emerson, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Station 113 races to rescue the man impaled by the railing atop the water tower that was built in the late 1800s and was expanded to four stories in the 1890s to accommodate fire-fighting water tanks.
—Bryan West, Nashville Tennessean, 18 Oct. 2025
Six-foot glass railings and coral stone floors add the finishing touch.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2025
The men began retracing their steps, but now White maintained that the spot with the railing was the right one.
—Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
One Auburn fan leaned over the railing, waved his middle finger and yelled.
—Seth Emerson, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for railing
Noun
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The wood-free Hyper Core composite walls are finished in automotive grade aluminum outer panels framed out via 11-gauge aluminum corner rails, protecting the trailer from low branches and flying debris.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Nov. 2025
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Buy your fare at any light rail station with cash, credit or debit card — or purchase a pass in advance to avoid lines at the vending machines.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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When someone is ranting and raving about you, ignore them.—
Megan Cartwright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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Cheung played a tape of Nicholson ranting and raving at the Kaiser facility in Irvine.—
City News Service,
Oc Register,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Railing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/railing. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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