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streetcar

[street-kahr] / ˈstritˌkɑr /
NOUN
cable car
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NOUN
tram
Synonyms


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Repetitive imagery of freeways, streetcar tracks, even horses seem to torture the main characters for feeling stuck.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Engineering student Mahmoud Bassam, 24, has visited Alexandria just to ride the streetcar "since our tram in Cairo was removed", he told AFP.

From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026

With the advent of the electric streetcar, many trolley companies built parks as destinations for their new modes of transport.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

In Oklahoma City, the heart of a red state, a 5-mile streetcar line opened downtown in 2018.

From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2024

Uri swung out from the side of the streetcar like a gate.

From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli

That happened in the 1914 storms, to the bridges criss-crossed by streetcars and railroads, and to the famous pigeon farm that stood at the Y where the Arroyo Seco joined the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

Workers trudged miles to their jobs as horses were too weak to pull streetcars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

Now, Egyptians young and old have flocked for farewell rides, before the streetcars come to a halt in April.

From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026

Scranton’s nickname, “Electric City,” stems from its being one of the first places in the U.S. to have electric streetcars.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2025

Now and then police officers cleared a path for one of the city’s bright yellow streetcars, called grip-cars for the way their operators attached them to an ever-running cable under the street.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson


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