whistle-stop
Example Sentences
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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
A successful Oscar campaign makes a series of whistle-stop speeches.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2025
Today's Bank Holiday weekend will start with Rishi Sunak visiting the north-east after the prime minister completed a whistle-stop tour of the four home nations over the last two days.
From BBC • May 25, 2024
A whistle-stop tour of Lincoln’s body is framed as a flashy PR strategy.
From New York Times • Mar. 28, 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
