Rail
noun
A horizontal bar, often made of metal or wood, that is used for support or as a barrier.
Be careful not to trip on the stair rail
Often appears as...
- stair rail
- safety rail
noun
The bars and metal connections that make up a railroad.
The train is running on the rails
Often appears as...
- railroad rail
- train rail
verb
To yell or complain angrily at someone.
He railed against the injustice
Often appears as...
- rail against
- rail at
noun
A type of bird that lives in wet areas.
We spotted a water rail in the marsh
Often appears as...
- water rail
- marsh rail
noun
A horizontal bar, often made of metal or wood, that is used for support or as a barrier.
Be careful not to trip on the stair rail
Often appears as...
- stair rail
- safety rail
noun
The bars and metal connections that make up a railroad.
The train is running on the rails
Often appears as...
- railroad rail
- train rail
verb
To yell or complain angrily at someone.
He railed against the injustice
Often appears as...
- rail against
- rail at
noun
A type of bird that lives in wet areas.
We spotted a water rail in the marsh
Often appears as...
- water rail
- marsh rail
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Pro Tip 1/2Safety Feature
Rails can refer to barriers that prevent falling from heights or entering dangerous areas.
The balcony had a rail to prevent accidents.
Pro Tip 2/2Support Usage
Rails are used for support, especially when climbing stairs or standing up.
She held onto the bathroom rail to stand.
Pro Tip 1/2Safety Feature
Rails can refer to barriers that prevent falling from heights or entering dangerous areas.
The balcony had a rail to prevent accidents.
Pro Tip 2/2Support Usage
Rails are used for support, especially when climbing stairs or standing up.
She held onto the bathroom rail to stand.
Pro Tip 1/2Safety Feature
Rails can refer to barriers that prevent falling from heights or entering dangerous areas.
The balcony had a rail to prevent accidents.
Pro Tip 2/2Support Usage
Rails are used for support, especially when climbing stairs or standing up.
She held onto the bathroom rail to stand.
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How to separate fact and...
which is handy because we've seen that before. We see the distinctive railing that we saw the guys throwing the bodies over. And we keep going through it until we're certain that this is our bridge. So what does that tell me? I've got to go back now to my three sources and look at what they told the one who said the bridge didn't exist,
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Kent Larson: Brilliant...
You had rail networks that connected residential, industrial, commercial areas. You had auto networks. In fact, the model was really, give everybody a car, build roads to everything, and give people a place to park when they get there. It was not a very functional model. And we still live in that world,
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An inside look at...
I thought hey maybe this isn't such an oppressive state after all I could gather as I liked I could rail against the government as I wanted nobody was going to black-bag me and disappear me but most importantly the Islamic University that I attended I met a young
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A Darwinian theory of...
philosophically, psychologically, what the experience of beauty is, what sensibly can be said about it and how people go off the rails in trying to understand it. Now this is an extremely complicated subject, in part because the things that we call beautiful
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Climate Change Is...
So our roads and our rail networks have been designed to last for a long time and withstand only certain amounts of impacts in different parts of the world. And this is going to be extremely challenged. Our power stations are expected to be cooled by water
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Wild Beavers Return...
returned we've seen water rails we've seen pole cats neither which are particularly rare i think of the whole country but they're fairly unusual here still but we've had seven new bird records and four new mammal records here
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Barry Clifford: Pirate...
that's actually the the door from the ship the gun door and that's actually a small gun probably a rail gun that's concluded to the cannon but we were able to get down deep and Brandon said dad I can hear something down there
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Averting the climate...
Insulation, better design. Buy green electricity where you can. I mentioned automobiles -- buy a hybrid. Use light rail. Figure out some of the other options that are much better. It's important.
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Top 5 Slithering Snake...
somewhere in the darkness the world's most prolific killer is waiting it's armed to the eyeballs with a lethal injection of venom shelton herbert and curtis railing are
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How rollercoasters...
Our precise knowledge about the limits of the human body have helped us build coasters that are faster, taller, and loopier – and all without going off the rails.
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How to separate fact and...
which is handy because we've seen that before. We see the distinctive railing that we saw the guys throwing the bodies over. And we keep going through it until we're certain that this is our bridge. So what does that tell me? I've got to go back now to my three sources and look at what they told the one who said the bridge didn't exist,
Video examples
Kent Larson: Brilliant...
You had rail networks that connected residential, industrial, commercial areas. You had auto networks. In fact, the model was really, give everybody a car, build roads to everything, and give people a place to park when they get there. It was not a very functional model. And we still live in that world,
Video examples
An inside look at...
I thought hey maybe this isn't such an oppressive state after all I could gather as I liked I could rail against the government as I wanted nobody was going to black-bag me and disappear me but most importantly the Islamic University that I attended I met a young
Video examples
A Darwinian theory of...
philosophically, psychologically, what the experience of beauty is, what sensibly can be said about it and how people go off the rails in trying to understand it. Now this is an extremely complicated subject, in part because the things that we call beautiful
Video examples
Climate Change Is...
So our roads and our rail networks have been designed to last for a long time and withstand only certain amounts of impacts in different parts of the world. And this is going to be extremely challenged. Our power stations are expected to be cooled by water
Video examples
Wild Beavers Return...
returned we've seen water rails we've seen pole cats neither which are particularly rare i think of the whole country but they're fairly unusual here still but we've had seven new bird records and four new mammal records here
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Barry Clifford: Pirate...
that's actually the the door from the ship the gun door and that's actually a small gun probably a rail gun that's concluded to the cannon but we were able to get down deep and Brandon said dad I can hear something down there
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Averting the climate...
Insulation, better design. Buy green electricity where you can. I mentioned automobiles -- buy a hybrid. Use light rail. Figure out some of the other options that are much better. It's important.
Video examples
Top 5 Slithering Snake...
somewhere in the darkness the world's most prolific killer is waiting it's armed to the eyeballs with a lethal injection of venom shelton herbert and curtis railing are
Video examples
How rollercoasters...
Our precise knowledge about the limits of the human body have helped us build coasters that are faster, taller, and loopier – and all without going off the rails.
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Sadiq Khan
British Politician
Legal aid gets a bad press. Some rail against handing taxpayers' money to criminals; others attack fat cat lawyers, while some argue that we spend far more on legal aid than other countries. But let's get some facts straight: saying that legal aid is just about criminals is wrong - most goes to people before any decision is taken on their guilt.
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Rupert Grint
English Actor
I've never fancied that footballer lifestyle. I suppose I could live that kind of flash life. People stereotype child actors and kind of expect you to go off the rails a bit, be a bit crazy, but that's not really happened yet. I've got a big family so that helps, and they live really close to the studios so it's just so much easier.
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Edwin Catmull
American Scientist
I've really thought a lot about why other companies fail or succeed. I had to be a student of failure and find out why things went off the rails. I did that at a fairly deep level, and it's still something I do.
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Richard Branson
British Businessman
We are going to transform Britain's rail system from the worst in the world to the best. If you can do a few things like that, when the body gives out, you can say you've lived a good life.
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John McDonnell
British Politician
When you talk to people about their practical life, for example when they're at work, like the rail industry, the RMT members know better than anyone else how to run their industry.
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Joe R. Lansdale
American Writer
My father always encouraged me to get an education, but he was also a guy that, when he was younger, had ridden the rails from town to town to box and wrestle for money.
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Dove Cameron
American Actress
There's no one who, at some point, hasn't had the feeling their life is on the rails and they can't do anything about it.
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Peter Handke
Austrian Novelist
Most older people don't talk about the past so they won't have to admit that their life ran on the wrong rail.
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John Connolly
Irish Writer
As I get older I tend to rail against the world more and more.
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Jerry Weller
American Politician
The rail service is important for my district.
Quote examples
Sadiq Khan
British Politician
Legal aid gets a bad press. Some rail against handing taxpayers' money to criminals; others attack fat cat lawyers, while some argue that we spend far more on legal aid than other countries. But let's get some facts straight: saying that legal aid is just about criminals is wrong - most goes to people before any decision is taken on their guilt.
Quote examples
Rupert Grint
English Actor
I've never fancied that footballer lifestyle. I suppose I could live that kind of flash life. People stereotype child actors and kind of expect you to go off the rails a bit, be a bit crazy, but that's not really happened yet. I've got a big family so that helps, and they live really close to the studios so it's just so much easier.
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Edwin Catmull
American Scientist
I've really thought a lot about why other companies fail or succeed. I had to be a student of failure and find out why things went off the rails. I did that at a fairly deep level, and it's still something I do.
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Richard Branson
British Businessman
We are going to transform Britain's rail system from the worst in the world to the best. If you can do a few things like that, when the body gives out, you can say you've lived a good life.
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John McDonnell
British Politician
When you talk to people about their practical life, for example when they're at work, like the rail industry, the RMT members know better than anyone else how to run their industry.
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Joe R. Lansdale
American Writer
My father always encouraged me to get an education, but he was also a guy that, when he was younger, had ridden the rails from town to town to box and wrestle for money.
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Dove Cameron
American Actress
There's no one who, at some point, hasn't had the feeling their life is on the rails and they can't do anything about it.
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Peter Handke
Austrian Novelist
Most older people don't talk about the past so they won't have to admit that their life ran on the wrong rail.
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John Connolly
Irish Writer
As I get older I tend to rail against the world more and more.
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Jerry Weller
American Politician
The rail service is important for my district.
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