tram
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With new facilities and a tram network to help people get around, national and international businesses began setting up outposts in Manchester, says Swinney.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
The mayor oversees the Metrolink tram service, and it is envisaged that by 2030, all local rail services will be part of the network.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
Once, after the war had already begun, a soldier’s friends brought him to Druzhkivka just so he could ride the tram for the first time in his life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
The devout Catholic, whose cause for sainthood is advancing in the Vatican, was hit by a tram while on his way to pray at a church.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
“We still have time. We can slip out of the tram tunnel—the raft is up there.”
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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The valves of these turbines are all set during the shop test and the rods trammed with an 8-inch tram.
From Steam Turbines A Book of Instruction for the Adjustment and Operation of the Principal Types of this Class of Prime Movers by Collins, Hubert E. (Hubert Edwin)
Z. and I half walked and half trammed into Rouen this morning.
From Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915 by Anonymous
I trammed over to the Vatican to see the Sistine Chapel this time and the Stanze and Loggie of Raphael.
From Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life January-May, 1880; February-April, 1904 by Waddington, Mary Alsop King
We had tea in the town and trammed back.
From Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915 by Anonymous
"You're not going to see it tramming through because there's no hardness in the wickets – other than frost," said the Nottinghamshire director of cricket Mick Newell.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 30, 2013
By shortening this distance of tramming and by consolidation of the material from all levels at the surface, where mechanical haulage can be installed, a second shaft is often justified.
From Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration by Hoover, Herbert
On the floor were tons of the metal, ready for tramming.
From The Cross-Cut by Cooper, Courtney Ryley
The tramming of ore by hand through such a distance would cost about double the amount to hoist it through a shaft and transport it mechanically to the dressing plant at surface.
From Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration by Hoover, Herbert
Finally the tramming once more,—and the light approached.
From The Cross-Cut by Cooper, Courtney Ryley
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