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monorail

[mon-uh-reyl] / ˈmɒn əˌreɪl /
NOUN
people mover
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Flanking a stage near the monorail station, you’ll find a glistening white tower, the work of artist and activist Nikkolas Smith, who has adopted the term “artivist.”

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 11, 2026

The decision comes after years of often bitter debate between theme park operator Flamingo Land and people living in the area who campaigned against the plan to build a waterpark, monorail, hotel and restaurants.

From BBC Feb. 24, 2026

The monorail in 1959 would hint at the possibility of new transit.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2025

Ahead, I watch the vehicle I’m standing in — technically a shipping container — move through craters on a monorail.

From Los Angeles Times May 8, 2025

Lenina, meanw hile, had turned her eyes away and was looking perpendicularly downwards at the monorail station.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

Gurr’s defining Disney creations — the sci-fi-inspired monorails of Disneyland and Walt Disney World, the first implementation of a tubular steel coaster in the Matterhorn — are just a small fraction of his résumé.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 25, 2025

Before entrepreneurs in Seattle won fame selling computer software or takeout coffee across the globe, the city’s vision of Century 21 soared on monorails.

From Seattle Times Mar. 29, 2022

Most U.S. monorails run in short loops around amusement parks or between airport terminals.

From Washington Post Mar. 3, 2021

Done wrong, High Lines could become the latest in a long list of urban design failures, such as downtown shopping malls, underground passages, skyways – and monorails.

From The Guardian Aug. 15, 2017

The streets were narrow and filled with monorails; pedestrians pursued their courses upon walks attached to the walls of the buildings, far above the level of the streets.

From Spacehounds of IPC by E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith




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