riding the rails
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Looking at the current crop, Brookes grew up riding the rails at the indoor ski centre in Manchester, while Muir learned her craft in Aberdeen.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2026
But a serious challenge to the success of billions in investments is ensuring that customers feel they are safe riding the rails.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2024
In the worst years of the Great Depression, nearly a quarter of the country was unemployed, suicides skyrocketed, and people started hopping on freight trains — "riding the rails" — in search of work.
From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2021
Been riding the rails in this city since I was a kid.
From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2017
I had been shamed enough in that cafe that, while I liked riding the rails, right then I wasn’t going no second class.
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
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