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high-speed train

NOUN
bullet train
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CANNES, France — Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt arrived in France in 1996’s “Mission: Impossible” clinging to a high speed train through the Chunnel, pursued and nearly skewered by a helicopter.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2025

By contrast, Roger Millar, WSDOT’s secretary, suggests a Cascadia high speed train would cost $50 billion.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 17, 2023

He told the BBC an "enormous amount" of money was being spent on the high speed train line and it was important to make the right long-term decision.

From BBC • Oct. 3, 2023

"The name is inspired by the sound of a rushing high speed train," Jokowi, as the president is popularly called, said during the launch.

From Reuters • Oct. 2, 2023

He shouted excitedly over the rumble of the high speed train.

From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Schwartau, Winn




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