live rail
Example Sentences
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The victim, who narrowly missed touching the live rail, was helped off the tracks by a passerby who was awarded £1,000 by the judge at Inner London Crown Court.
From BBC • Oct. 10, 2024
Mr Potoczek, who was on his way home from work, narrowly missed touching the live rail, Inner London Crown Court heard.
From BBC • Jul. 31, 2024
Mr Potoczek narrowly missed touching the live rail, Inner London Crown Court heard.
From BBC • Jul. 30, 2024
I’d rather dance with a live rail than return to that tortuous chapter of life.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2024
On its way from the live rail to the return the current passes through the motors.
From How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use by Williams, Archibald
