railroad
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For most of American history, Congress created new boards or commissions with a specific mission, such as regulating railroad rates in the 1880s or nuclear power in the 1970s.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026
The transport sector, which tends to be associated with the non-tech part of the market, given that it includes shares of airlines, railroad operators and trucking companies, is also tangentially benefiting from AI growth.
From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026
In the 1870s, Leland Stanford, the railroad magnate and benefactor of the university that bears his name, funded an effort to find out.
From Slate • May 25, 2026
Long Island Rail Road employees, meanwhile, went on strike for the first time in three decades over the weekend, halting the country’s busiest commuter railroad.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
That was the first time I had walked a steel rail of a railroad track.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
Vocabulary lists containing railroad
The Industrial Revolution - Introductory
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History of India - Introductory
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