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[ reyl-roh-ding ] / ˈreɪlˌroʊ dɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR railroading ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe construction or operation of railroads. travel by railroad. Origin of railroadingAn Americanism dating back to 1850–55; railroad + -ing1 Words nearby railroadingrail rage, rail rapid transit, railroad, railroader, railroad flat, railroading, railroad pen, railroad worm, rail-splitter, railway, railwayman Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for railroadingThe most direct mail route was not the one best suited for human travel in a time when railroading was still in its infancy. Santorum’s Audi and Other Political Transportation Follies|Ben Jacobs|February 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST By railroading the McDonnells and Joneses of the world out of public life, we're left with colorless numbskulls. Leave Van Jones Alone|Reihan Salam|September 8, 2009|DAILY BEAST Any detail of railroading that is not troublesome cannot honorably be described as continental. Following the Equator, Complete|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) This then, in brief, is the history of American railroading—an eighty-year struggle from East to West. The Modern Railroad|Edward Hungerford
Somewhere along the line I would like to, but just now railroading takes up my time. Ralph, the Train Dispatcher|Allen Chapman Today it is perhaps the most stringently observed of all the manifold commandments in American railroading. The Railroad Problem|Edward Hungerford Here he remained until 1907, when ill-health caused his retirement from railroading. The Story of the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg RailRoad|Edward Hungerford
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