whistle-stop
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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
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
A whistle-stop was just a little platform by the track where people would stand and wave the train down.
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
