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Recent Examples of rail
Suzanne Gamboa, NBC news, 6 July 2025
Being dragged against the chest-high pier railing and into the water was just a remote possibility, and there was always a sharp knife handy to cut the line.
—Donald Millus, Outdoor Life, 3 July 2025
Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
On the other side of the park, the Skate Park will be the ultimate playground for adrenaline junkies, with ramps to conquer and rails to grind.
—Calesa Township, Miami Herald, 10 July 2025
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Noun
The current carried him up the block and shoved him up against the wooden porch railing of a neighbor who was looking through a window with his flashlight.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC news, 6 July 2025
Being dragged against the chest-high pier railing and into the water was just a remote possibility, and there was always a sharp knife handy to cut the line.
—Donald Millus, Outdoor Life, 3 July 2025
Verb
Leading the Department of Transportation, with its vast budget and complex oversight of aviation, rail, and infrastructure, is a demanding full-time job.
—Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
On the other side of the park, the Skate Park will be the ultimate playground for adrenaline junkies, with ramps to conquer and rails to grind.
—Calesa Township, Miami Herald, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rail
Noun
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The Rays got a slight scare in the eighth when third baseman Junior Caminero momentarily grabbed, then dropped a foul ball and crashed over the railing, through the netting into the stands.—
Marc Topkin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 July 2025
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With her hands leaning over the railing, her fingers finally came to the clasp.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
3 July 2025
Noun
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The northernmost portion of the path cuts through Macken Park before moving to the road as the park ends at Clark Ferguson Drive.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
5 July 2025
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People have died in Kerr County and roads were flooding in Kerrville, a city of 25,000 people about 60 miles northwest of San Antonio, authorities said.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
5 July 2025
Verb
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The slightest noise from the children could propel him from the room, ranting.—
Noah Hawley,
The Atlantic,
2 July 2025
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Musk ranted against the bill after it was amended to end an electric vehicle tax credit at the end of September, opposed to the end of this year.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
Noun
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On a bridge above the railroad tracks, a mother and daughter walk slowly toward me.—
Rebecca Chace
July 14,
Literary Hub,
14 July 2025
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That limitation began to give way in the 19th century when the railroad barons needed property to build their rail lines.—
James Burling,
Oc Register,
13 July 2025
Verb
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As for fighting the Trump pressure campaign, even politicians as ambitious as Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker are mostly left to file lawsuits — and fulminate.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
5 May 2025
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At the time, even Carter's fellow Democrats fulminated against his incompetence.—
George Monastiriakos,
Newsweek,
31 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Russia mainly targeted the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv in the attack, injuring at least 20 people along with damaging residential buildings and railway infrastructure.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
5 July 2025
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Kyiv officials said the attack damaged about 40 apartment blocks, passenger railway infrastructure, five schools and kindergartens, cafes and many cars in six of Kyiv's 10 districts.—
Pavel Polityuk,
USA Today,
4 July 2025
Verb
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It is reviled on the left for hurting poor people and reviled on the far-right for not going far enough to cut spending.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
4 July 2025
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But because of Trump’s total dominance of the Republican Party, independent thinkers like Tillis are reviled, not rewarded.—
Mary Ellen Klas,
Twin Cities,
3 July 2025
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“Rail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rail. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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