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railway

[rayl-way] / ˈreɪlˌweɪ /
NOUN
railroad
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It began in 1888 with his effort to unite separate railway craft unions behind demands for wage concessions from the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Co.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

In Chile in 2024, several hundred demonstrators burned tires and blocked coastal highways and railway tracks to protest the early closure of the fishing season, a move partly driven by overfishing tied to fishmeal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Overall attacks on railway facilities have risen from 1,206 in 2025 to 1,700 so far this year.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

But for now that transformation is complicated by red tape and the high costs of upgrading railway infrastructure.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Maybe she had told me to meet her back at the railway station.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan

Ukraine's railways have kept the country running since Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Cooke then backed transcontinental railways and didn’t realize how much of a disaster it was.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

Airports remain closed or severely disrupted across much of North America, while railways, freight depots and farms struggle to operate.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of trying to "cripple the economy and destroy people's lives" with intensifying strikes on civilian infrastructure, including the railways.

From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026

And infrastructure projects meant using more and more land to build roads, railways, bridges, and dams.

From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh




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