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monorail

[mon-uh-reyl] / ˈmɒn əˌreɪl /
NOUN
people mover
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Flanking a stage near the monorail station, you’ll find a glistening white tower, the work of artist and activist Nikkolas Smith, who has adopted the term “artivist.”

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 11, 2026

Lyster said the possibility of expanding the Disneyland monorail has not come up in “recent discussions,” since the newer options might turn out to be environmentally friendlier and less costly.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2025

Meanwhile, chaos erupted on Tuesday after a monorail system, which was reportedly full far beyond its capacity, halted mid-track.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2025

Gurr recalls one day in which he was working on a half-built monorail train in a soundstage and was paid a visit.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 25, 2025

Lenina, meanw hile, had turned her eyes away and was looking perpendicularly downwards at the monorail station.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

But he has waxed publicly about his admiration for monorails.

From Los Angeles Times May 24, 2022

Most U.S. monorails run in short loops around amusement parks or between airport terminals.

From Washington Post Mar. 3, 2021

Done wrong, High Lines could become the latest in a long list of urban design failures, such as downtown shopping malls, underground passages, skyways – and monorails.

From The Guardian Aug. 15, 2017

Still, attention overwhelmingly turned to single-mode PRT and more traditional automated "people movers" like monorails.

From The Verge Feb. 24, 2016

The aircraft, the high-speed auto-trucks over modern speedways, the aeroplane-motored monorails, the rocket-trains—all these shortened distance.

From Astounding Stories, June, 1931 by Various




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