mainline

Example Sentences

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He used to present as a staid mainline Episcopalian, but now he denounces that church and speaks of being “mauled by demons.”

From Salon

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

From BBC

The leader of one of the largest mainline Protestant denominations, the Rev. Elizabeth Eaton of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, has condemned the anti-trans bills as an attack on trans people’s humanity.

From Seattle Times

Traffic disruptions to the collector and distributor ramp and mainline lanes traveling through downtown will include:

From Seattle Times

American has said it has as much as 50 underused mainline jets and about 150 regional aircraft grounded because of a shortage of pilots.

From Reuters