whistle-stop
Example Sentences
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In 2020, the tourist attraction was closed due to Coronavirus restrictions leaving visitors only allowed to outside but not go in for the whistle-stop tour.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
Elections follow technology from newspapers to Teddy Roosevelt’s whistle-stop train tours, radio addresses, newsreels and sweaty Richard Nixon vs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 2025
And he prevented Mr. Trump from running up the score in the conservative, rural areas that span much of the state, partly with old-fashioned efforts like a whistle-stop Amtrak tour of western Pennsylvania.
From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2024
The project was inspired by Segal’s personal experience organizing a whistle-stop campaign tour for Republican U.S.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2024
They was big enough for a station, but not much bigger than what we called a whistle-stop.
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
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