railroad

Example Sentences

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The railroad boom of the 1880s fueled the games industry, which became increasingly focused on capitalism in addition to moral uplift.

From The Wall Street Journal

All were railroad or sugar companies based in Cuba.

From The Wall Street Journal

Greg Abel, Buffett’s handpicked successor, became CEO at the beginning of this year, inheriting a sprawling investment portfolio and a collection of subsidiary companies ranging from insurance to railroads to running shoes.

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Conuma’s production pause cascaded far beyond eastern British Columbia as it halted a railroad line, stalled activity at a Pacific Ocean port and complicated steelmaking schedules in Asia.

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The story was distinctly American, about Robert Grainier, a logger and railroad worker living and working in Washington at the turn of the century.

From Los Angeles Times