rails

Example Sentences

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Working the rails left Woods with long stretches of downtime in Missouri.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

In every direction, she is struggling to reconcile what she rails against with what has carried her this far.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

In mitigation, David Mason KC said the "hardened criminal" had "completely gone off the rails and got himself in a terrible, terrible situation".

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

If a crypto firm can move funds through the same payment rails as traditional banks, it begins to function like a bank in practice — even if it is regulated differently than traditional banking institutions.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

I heard the distant rattle of wheels on rails, felt the air rush past, and then there was silence.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda