mainline

Example Sentences

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Last year, he moved to North Carolina for a job with Christian Brothers Automotive, making $23 an hour and working more than 50 hours a week as a mainline technician, primarily servicing BMWs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

It is the main station for all services on the west coast mainline to England and also operates services throughout central Scotland.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 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

In the 2025 spending review, the Department of Transport secured £41m to introduce low earth orbit satellite connectivity on all mainline trains by 2030.

From BBC • Nov. 16, 2025

But over the last forty years, evangelicals have pulled steadily closer in income and education to mainline Protestants in the historically affluent establishment denominations.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times