riding the rails
Example Sentences
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Looking at the current crop, Brookes grew up riding the rails at the indoor ski centre in Manchester, while Muir learned her craft in Aberdeen.
From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026
Jim Tully was a “road kid,” riding the rails, and washed up in Hollywood, where he worked, in various capacities, for Chaplin, of whom he wrote a short unauthorized biography.
From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2023
These two take off in Emmet’s car, leaving Emmet and Billy in pursuit, riding the rails in boxcars.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 24, 2021
In the worst years of the Great Depression, nearly a quarter of the country was unemployed, suicides skyrocketed, and people started hopping on freight trains — "riding the rails" — in search of work.
From Salon • Feb. 14, 2021
That changed things right off and like plenty of folks then, I could see that I was going to be riding the rails.
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
