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railroads

noun

plural of railroad

as in roads

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 railroads 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 The rise of major metropolitan centers around the world, for example, brought with it Baudelaire’s flâneur just as transcontinental railroads made narrative skips in space and time more legible. — Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026 The regulator rejected the railroads’ original application as incomplete in January. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026 Diesel fuel is key to the American economy because it’s used by trucks and railroads to move most goods across the country. — Victoria Hoffmann, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Sep. 2026 His grandfather, Cornelius Vanderbilt, built the family’s enormous fortune through shipping and railroads. — Abby Price, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2026 Industries like the railroads, finance, steel, coal, and oil. — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 14 Sep. 2026 Proponents of the current plan, however, argue the initial schedule will prove that there’s demand for the service, and then the railroads can expand their options later. — Daniel C. Vock, Chicago Tribune, 11 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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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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