mainline

Example Sentences

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Last year, he moved to North Carolina for a job with Christian Brothers Automotive, making $23 an hour and working more than 50 hours a week as a mainline technician, primarily servicing BMWs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

It could have come to life as a lesser kind of Ferrari, a diminished derivative of one of the company’s mainline GT cars, with a turbocharged V8 under the hood.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

There had been nothing going out on the West Coast mainline and hardly any announcements, she said.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025

Alexander told BBC Breakfast that BTP officers would increase visible patrols at mainline stations over the coming days "because I do understand that people will want to feel reassured following what happened".

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2025

Black Muslims came in many stripes, from mainline Nation of Islam to the splinter Five Percenters.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover