mainline
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Other notable figures from the statistical release include that 11 members of the public died at mainline level crossings in the latest year, six more than the previous year.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
DWP plans to replace about 45 miles of mainline, which deliver water to individual services across neighborhoods, this fiscal year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
Located above a busy mainline railway station, MSG is slap bang in the beating heart of tourist and commercial Manhattan.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
He wants to begin “reclaiming” mainline institutions and congregations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
Of a student body of 5,700, about 400 participate in one of three evangelical student groups—more than the number of active mainline Protestants, the campus chaplain says.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
More than 30% of DWP’s mainlines are more than 80 years old and at least 6% of them are considered high priority for replacement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
He mainlines all of his romantic entanglements as if they were the antidote to his unresolved traumas.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2025
Afterward, Healey said the agency was underestimating the blockages on Westlake, including relocation of two sewer mainlines.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 28, 2023
Current labor agreements ensure that freight trains on mainlines have two people — an engineer and conductor — onboard.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2023
Trains in England and Wales will also be badly affected, including services between London and Scotland on both the East and West Coast mainlines.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2022
But the show still went on that night, thanks to Voytko, a swing and an understudy for Marian, who mainlined the role in eight hours.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2022
Johnson said that businesses had mainlined on low-wage imported labour for nearly 25 years and that they should now pay their workers more and invest more.
From Reuters ● Oct. 5, 2021
With sensation mainlined into our veins through our phones and laptops, art has little chance of keeping pace.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2020
I mean, they’re really being mainlined right into your brain.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 15, 2018
It is less a video game than mainlined anxiety, its jump-scares timed with sadistic precision and its long, shadow-splashed corridors masterpieces of unnerving light design.
From Slate ● Feb. 1, 2011
Sitting down for a filling breakfast, instead of mainlining a protein bar, can feel irresponsible.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
The ubiquity of holiday songs also represents a rare monocultural music moment—even though listeners are spread across multiple streaming services and social-media platforms, many of them are mainlining the same tunes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 14, 2025
In some ways, I feel like a conspiracy junkie who has relapsed, mainlining paranoia and dread.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2024
‘Ready Player One’ feels like mainlining the VH1 show ‘I Love the ’80s.’
From Washington Post ● Jul. 14, 2021
I felt as if I were mainlining the whole cosmic force of basketball.
From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2020
