third rail
Example Sentences
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If anyone anywhere in Europe is willing to touch that third rail, give them a round of applause.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
They are not called the third rail for nothing.
From Salon • Jun. 6, 2025
The Clippers are now riding the third rail toward inevitable dysfunction.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2023
In Iowa, however, attacking the mandate has been a third rail of politics.
From Washington Times • Jul. 7, 2023
A third rail ran along the line, providing nine hundred volts of electricity to the trains.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
