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monorails

noun

plural of monorail

as in railroads

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In the past, economies ran on toll roads and railroads and pipelines that were physical.

— Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026
American railroads were once the envy of the world and the engine of its industrial age.

— Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026

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Uganda then had a large population of Indian immigrants, who had been brought over by the British at the end of the nineteenth century to help construct railways, and who eventually established more economic autonomy and power than Black Ugandans.

— Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2026
These have included arson, high-profile hacks, GPS jamming as well as sabotage actions against key infrastructure, including undersea communication cables, logistics centers and railways.

— Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2026

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As the hundreds of thousands of people made their way down the narrow roads following the politician, a few rerouted into the industry event, still carrying big flags and with faces lit up with hope.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
The landscape was inspired by the inland town of Ioulida, a hilltop village with cascading residential dwellings and winding paths (no car-worthy roads), and a church perched at the precipice.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

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Walls, backsplash areas and the space beneath upper cabinets rarely get treated as storage, even though rails, pegboards, magnetic strips, floating shelves and hanging baskets can absorb a meaningful share of what currently sits on the counter.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
The process to assemble one of the country’s largest rails-to-trails corridors took about two decades, spanning four mayoral administrations.

— Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 1 Oct. 2026

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