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tram

[tram] / træm /
NOUN
trolley
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"This period has further underlined the critical importance and popularity of our tram network, not just to the north of the city but to the whole of Edinburgh," she said.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Jane Meagher acknowledged it had been an incredibly difficult chapter, particularly for businesses on the northern end of the tram line.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

When Gaudí died in 1926, at age 73, in a tram accident, the building was less than a quarter complete.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

From my perch I see thousands of revelers pour from the tram, cars that magically found a parking spot, bikes, and buses.

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026

I hurried from the office and caught the tram just as it pulled into the stop across the street.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

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 Mary Alsop King Waddington

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

We had tea in the town and trammed back.

From Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915 by Anonymous

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 Hubert E. (Hubert Edwin) Collins

"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

On the floor were tons of the metal, ready for tramming.

From The Cross-Cut by Courtney Ryley Cooper

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 Herbert Hoover

Finally the tramming once more,—and the light approached.

From The Cross-Cut by Courtney Ryley Cooper

Then, at last, Dorine realized that she was not fit to be seen, after trotting and tramming the whole afternoon in the rain.

From Small Souls by Louis Couperus




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