mainline

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In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, Maybach was reorganized as Mercedes-Maybach—a sub-brand building small numbers of technically evolved, superluxury variants of mainline products.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

The genius of hit songs, beyond technical artistry—and the vagaries of timing—is the ability to mainline emotion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

The train operator LNER, which runs the east coast mainline, has extended its advice to passengers not to travel between Edinburgh and Aberdeen as they "cannot guarantee" trains will operate until Friday at the earliest.

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2026

There had been nothing going out on the West Coast mainline and hardly any announcements, she said.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025

Meanwhile, evangelical Protestants are pulling closer to their mainline counterparts in class and education.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times