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Noun
The stands were dotted with an abnormal amount of gold and purple as Lakers fans crowded the railing for a glimpse at their favorite out-of-town players.—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026 Designed for apartments and homes with limited space, balcony systems feature one or two photovoltaic panels that mount on railings or walls and plug into a standard household electrical outlet.—Calvin Ball, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2026 Its back end was propped on the 3-foot-tall metal railing of the boarding platform.—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2026 Regina stood in front of the window overlooking the void that plunged down to the courtyard below, beyond the balcony railing.—Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for railing
Tracks for the first high-speed rail in the country were finally being laid in California.
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Nathan Heller,
New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2026
All bus, light rail, streetcar and microtransit services are suspended for the day as crews continue to clear snow from station platforms, bus stops, garages and transit centers.
In two minutes of ranting and raving about his degenerate son’s twenty-six-thousand-dollar dinner bill, Reiner gave an indelible comedic performance destined to be quoted for years to come.
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Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
17 Dec. 2025
At another time, a perpetually anxious comedian who can’t keep from ranting about his paranoid worries about the end of the world probably would not feel like such a helpful guide to life.