mainline

Example Sentences

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The 04:28 Avanti West Coast service came off the tracks on the West Coast mainline at Shap in Cumbria on Monday morning after travelling at speeds of 80mph.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025

In July, Alaska canceled dozens of flights, or about 10% of its mainline schedule, after a critical piece of hardware at a data center failed, bringing down airline systems.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

Relatives of the inmates’ victims are divided over altering regulations to ensure the convicts go to Florence, rather than to the mainline prisons their disciplinary records called for.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 11, 2025

He used to present as a staid mainline Episcopalian, but now he denounces that church and speaks of being “mauled by demons.”

From Salon • May 19, 2025

Like many other evangelicals, some members attend churches that adhere to evangelical doctrine but that remain affiliated with mainline denominations.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times