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railroad

noun

ˈrāl-ˌrōd

Definition of railroad

as in road

a roadway overlaid with parallel steel rails over which trains travel that railroad hasn't been used for passenger trains for decades

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Recent Examples of railroad Lee, who arrives at the Trasks’ homestead speaking pidgin and wearing his hair in a queue, is revealed to be a rare Chinese American, having been born to railroad workers, his mother in the guise of a man. — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2026 In the days before the railroad and automobile, let alone the World Wide Web, fiddlers’ conventions brought the people of Appalachia together, allowing songs and picking styles to spread like gossip over those hills. — David Alm, Longreads, 1 Oct. 2026 But the problem with that is covering a railroad spike with solder wouldn’t change it very much. — Tom Drury, Harpers Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026 Of course, winter comes with its own brand of railroad magic. — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 29 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for railroad

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Russian assaults since Thursday have forced the full or partial closure of three of Kyiv's six road bridges, suspending traffic and causing tailbacks in the Ukrainian capital.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026
Chinese, Russian troops train together The PLA contingent traveled to Russia by road, rail and air and participated in the preparatory phase alongside forces from Russia, Belarus, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia and Tajikistan.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026

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In mid-September, drones reached the western Ukrainian city of Lutsk, setting a passenger railway carriage on fire.

— Dmytro Kuleba, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2026
If fighting in Ethiopia’s Afar region threatens the highway and railway linking Addis Ababa to Djibouti, the conflict would have immediate national and international economic consequences.

— Alemayehu Fentaw Weldemariam, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026

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