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railroad

[reyl-rohd] / ˈreɪlˌroʊd /


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The $13 billion figure shows the strength of the company’s railroad, energy and manufacturing, service, and retailing units.

From Barron's Aug. 8, 2026

SpaceX, he adds, has cut the cost of reaching orbit from around $10,000-$20,000 a kilogram to about $2,000 with its Falcon 9 rocket - "they have built a railroad to space."

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

Mexican authorities have seized millions of gallons of contraband fuel in scores of railroad cars near the border with Texas.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

The railroad operator reported net income of 1.02 billion Canadian dollars, or US$728.9 million, down from C$1.23 billion, the year prior.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

But we were miles from the railroad, and this was a full orchestra, with violins.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

One area benefiting from that search: Shares of the railroads, airlines and trucks moving the goods and supplies powering the economy.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

In the 1880s, quarterly reporting by railroads and other transportation companies were common.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

“Just as railroads, electric grids, and the Internet reshaped prior economic eras, we believe SpaceX is building the foundational platform for the next generation of industrial capacity,” he wrote.

From MarketWatch Jul. 7, 2026

Spending targets range from cybersecurity and industrial capacity to railroads, bridges and ports needed for military logistics.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 4, 2026

With the coming of the railroads and the grain elevator, the sacks suddenly became a problem.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

I looked into those charges and concluded that they are unsupported, that Pangram isn’t reliable enough to serve as the basis for such accusations, and that there is a strong possibility Mia Ballard was railroaded.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 3, 2026

Having stripped away most of the documentary’s narration and sit-down interviews with Kerr’s family and friends, the film barely explores anyone’s psychology — and Blunt’s railroaded Dawn loses her chance to speak for herself.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 3, 2025

Like other actors including Ashley Judd and Mira Sorvino, Julia Ormond, briefly a major star in the 1990s, has alleged in a lawsuit that Weinstein railroaded her career.

From Seattle Times Apr. 25, 2024

Before flying home, he requested to meet the women and apologise, which one complainant said she felt "railroaded" into attending.

From BBC Jan. 9, 2024

If I had been railroaded, the authorities would have known how I’d gotten it.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

But wage-earners—in textile manufacturing and railroading, to pick two examples—gained by the steady appreciation in the purchasing power of their hard-earned money.

From The Wall Street Journal May 29, 2026

Unlike Derry’s pubs, it welcomed everybody and also secretly provided a safe refuge for Hank as he hid from the cops intent on railroading him.

From Salon Dec. 8, 2025

“When the Mexican Revolution was going on, you had a lot of Mexican immigrants coming into these railroading hubs and centers like the Inland Empire, like San Bernardino,” Ocegueda said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2025

Mr. Johnston said he believed that the operations had really begun deteriorating about four years ago, around the time the company said it would adopt efficiency measures known in the industry as precision scheduled railroading.

From New York Times Apr. 2, 2023

They launched into a long discussion of their memories, both of railroading and of the Sierras.

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep




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