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Recent Examples of railroad
Officers responded to the intersection of East 91st Street and Old Santa Fe Road in Kansas City’s Loma Vista neighborhood on March 1, 2022, after a railroad employee reported finding a body.
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Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
Finally, stop into the Historic Orange Train Station, which was built in 1909 and now hosts the county’s visitor’s center, to get more general information about the town and its railroad past.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2025
Congress required the railroads to keep bridge inspection reports confidential because of concerns that a terrorist could use them to pinpoint vulnerable bridges.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Reininger didn’t provide a new cost estimate for the 218-mile (351 kilometer) railroad, which was previously estimated at $16 billion.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
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Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
Finally, stop into the Historic Orange Train Station, which was built in 1909 and now hosts the county’s visitor’s center, to get more general information about the town and its railroad past.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2025
Congress required the railroads to keep bridge inspection reports confidential because of concerns that a terrorist could use them to pinpoint vulnerable bridges.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Reininger didn’t provide a new cost estimate for the 218-mile (351 kilometer) railroad, which was previously estimated at $16 billion.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for railroad
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Pledges to give it all away A good friend of philanthropist Michael Milken who has raised billions of dollars for cancer research, Ellison believes the road to bliss is altruistic giving.—
Martine Paris,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Studies have also shown that the extra hour of daylight has resulted in safer roads, lower crime rates and economic benefits.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
11 Sep. 2025
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Canadian Pacific Kansas City de Mexico, the railway, expressed its condolences to the victims' families and called on drivers to respect road signs and stop orders at railroad crossings.—
Lizbeth Diaz,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
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There's very little battlefield action, the war elements mostly taking place in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp, where many soldiers, including Australian medical student protagonist Dorrigo Evans (Jacob Elordi), are forced to work on the Burma railway.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Railroad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/railroad. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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