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mainline

[mayn-lahyn, -lahyn] / ˈmeɪnˌlaɪn, -ˈlaɪn /


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inject
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The airline announced Thursday that it plans to expand its rollout of Starlink internet to its entire mainline fleet, embracing the fast wi-fi that has become a popular passenger perk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

The statistics include mainline rail services in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

DWP plans to replace about 45 miles of mainline, which deliver water to individual services across neighborhoods, this fiscal year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

Located above a busy mainline railway station, MSG is slap bang in the beating heart of tourist and commercial Manhattan.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

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

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

Still, trunk lines appear to be in better condition than the utility’s mainlines.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

He mainlines all of his romantic entanglements as if they were the antidote to his unresolved traumas.

From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2025

The line was used to transport agricultural products and produce as a crucial connector to other mainlines down the Columbia River.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 7, 2023

Current labor agreements ensure that freight trains on mainlines have two people — an engineer and conductor — onboard.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2023

Trains in England and Wales will also be badly affected, including services between London and Scotland on both the East and West Coast mainlines.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2022

Johnson said that businesses had mainlined on low-wage imported labour for nearly 25 years and that they should now pay their workers more and invest more.

From Reuters ● Oct. 5, 2021

“Hades,” because you can really get in the zone on that game, and they’ve got the meta-upgrade drug mainlined right to your brain: So.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2020

In 10 weeks as an editing intern, I mainlined more plays, musicals, ballets and cabaret performances than many people see in their entire lives.

From New York Times ● Aug. 28, 2019

I mean, they’re really being mainlined right into your brain.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 15, 2018

It is less a video game than mainlined anxiety, its jump-scares timed with sadistic precision and its long, shadow-splashed corridors masterpieces of unnerving light design.

From Slate ● Feb. 1, 2011

Sitting down for a filling breakfast, instead of mainlining a protein bar, can feel irresponsible.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

The ubiquity of holiday songs also represents a rare monocultural music moment—even though listeners are spread across multiple streaming services and social-media platforms, many of them are mainlining the same tunes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 14, 2025

In some ways, I feel like a conspiracy junkie who has relapsed, mainlining paranoia and dread.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2024

Last month, she lamented that her busy campaign schedule had kept her from mainlining Amazon’s new “Rings of Power” series.

From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2022

He was mainlining applause from the public gallery.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2022


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