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monorail

[mon-uh-rayl] / ˈmɒn əˌreɪl /
NOUN
people mover
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“I don’t think there’s any other option but to move forward with the project,” said Daisuke Hasegawa, a 23-year-old monorail driver in Naha, Okinawa’s capital, referring to the Futenma relocation plan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

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

Theme park operator Flamingo Land believed it would be given the go-ahead to build a £40m resort called Lomond Banks, featuring a waterpark, monorail, hotel and restaurants.

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2025

Theme park operator Flamingo Land wants to build a £40m resort called Lomond Banks, featuring a waterpark, monorail, hotel and restaurants.

From BBC ● May 16, 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

But he has waxed publicly about his admiration for monorails.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2022

With the exception of Japanese cities and Disney resorts, monorails didn’t proliferate worldwide.

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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