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tram

[tram] / træm /
NOUN
trolley
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As for the second question, if I were former Dodgers owner and aerial tram godfather Frank McCourt, I’d fasten my seat belt, because the gondola is about to hit some heavy turbulence.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2026

"We will continue to work with bus, tram, and other transport colleagues to keep the city moving as best we can."

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

He returns to his car and gets inside briefly, before emerging and running towards a black man who has stepped off a tram.

From BBC Jun. 21, 2026

The tram creaked past deserted factories that once produced mining equipment and porcelain.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

“She just got on the one hundred bus and should be there in twenty minutes, Rio. Kat and I will take the tram and catch up with you.”

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

Z. and I half walked and half trammed into Rouen this morning.

From Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915 by Anonymous

I trammed over to the Vatican to see the Sistine Chapel this time and the Stanze and Loggie of Raphael.

From Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life January-May, 1880; February-April, 1904 by Waddington, Mary Alsop King

We had tea in the town and trammed back.

From Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915 by Anonymous

The valves of these turbines are all set during the shop test and the rods trammed with an 8-inch tram.

From Steam Turbines A Book of Instruction for the Adjustment and Operation of the Principal Types of this Class of Prime Movers by Collins, Hubert E. (Hubert Edwin)

"You're not going to see it tramming through because there's no hardness in the wickets – other than frost," said the Nottinghamshire director of cricket Mick Newell.

From The Guardian Mar. 30, 2013

The tramming of ore by hand through such a distance would cost about double the amount to hoist it through a shaft and transport it mechanically to the dressing plant at surface.

From Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration by Hoover, Herbert

On mines where the volume of ore does not warrant mechanical haulage, the cost of tramming through the extra distance involved is an expense which outweighs any extra operating outlay in the inclined shaft itself.

From Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration by Hoover, Herbert

Finally the tramming once more,—and the light approached.

From The Cross-Cut by Cooper, Courtney Ryley

Thus tramming and shaft work, as stated before, can be concentrated.

From Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration by Hoover, Herbert




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