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locomotive

[loh-kuh-moh-tiv] / ˌloʊ kəˈmoʊ tɪv /
NOUN
machine moving vehicle
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
WEAK


Example Sentences

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They’re colorful playthings, at least until the background scenery starts depicting various locomotive styles.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

His days on the railroad involved long hours shoveling coal into the furnaces that fed locomotive steam engines.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

WCR supplied film-maker Warner Bros with the locomotive and carriages for the Hogwarts Express in the Harry Potter film series.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

As one locomotive screeches into the old El-Raml Station, commuters and visitors crane their necks out of giant windows at the historic neo-Venetian buildings overhead.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

The California boat labored to catch up, Grover Clark’s whistle now shrieking like an out-of-control steam locomotive.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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