third rail
Example Sentences
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The union has long viewed a salary cap as a third rail.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
“You can touch this mythical third rail and live to see another day.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2025
They are not called the third rail for nothing.
From Salon • Jun. 6, 2025
“It’s director Colin Trevorrow taught me something called the third rail, which is the rail on a subway system that will shock you. He told me, ‘Goofball is your third rail.
From Seattle Times • May 24, 2024
A third rail ran along the line, providing nine hundred volts of electricity to the trains.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
