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Recent Examples of railing
Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 28 July 2025
The incident prompted comments on social media from people who said there were on the cruise, reporting the child first went overboard from Deck 4, where there is a walkaround promenade with a railing covered in plastic that blocks children from being able to climb.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 June 2025
The original railing, for example, has now been painted red while the yellow lacquered dining room table and a wooden bookcase are custom designs by Ordovás.
—Patricia Villalobos, Architectural Digest, 26 July 2025
Pointing a camera down from the railings amidst the crowds was as close as most ever got.
—Tom Zoellner, AZCentral.com, 25 July 2025
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Verb
Lavender Valkyries jerseys bearing her No. 2 were scattered throughout the crowd of nearly 8,300 at the Sun’s home arena, and fans hung over railings at the visiting tunnel pregame wearing UConn gear and carrying posters with Chen’s name on them begging for autographs and photos.
—Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 28 July 2025
The incident prompted comments on social media from people who said there were on the cruise, reporting the child first went overboard from Deck 4, where there is a walkaround promenade with a railing covered in plastic that blocks children from being able to climb.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 June 2025
The original railing, for example, has now been painted red while the yellow lacquered dining room table and a wooden bookcase are custom designs by Ordovás.
—Patricia Villalobos, Architectural Digest, 26 July 2025
Pointing a camera down from the railings amidst the crowds was as close as most ever got.
—Tom Zoellner, AZCentral.com, 25 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for railing
Noun
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Since then, things have gone completely off the rails and become a worst-case scenario for Dallas.—
Kevin McCormick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Aug. 2025
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The season could have easily gone off the rails had the Valkyries come out of the week with a losing record.—
Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
4 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Last week, Fox premiered the new comedy Going Dutch, about a ranting conservative father (Denis Leary) forced to reconnect with his estranged liberal daughter (Taylor Misiak).—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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The Pats addressed two of their biggest needs, but instead in Tuesday’s paper there’s me, smiling in my headshot and ranting in print, a clueless dope.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
12 Mar. 2024
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“Railing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/railing. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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