guide rail
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The tractor-trailer overturned and began to go over the guide rail of a bridge, according to New York State Police.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 14, 2024
State police said the bus driver lost control and the bus struck a center guide rail then an embankment and traveled approximately 150 feet into a wooded area before coming to a stop.
From Fox News • Sep. 19, 2021
“People want a guide rail to hang onto, which fiction can provide.”
From New York Times • Oct. 16, 2017
"The school is a guide rail to hang on to."
From Time Magazine Archive
He bent his great arms and shoved himself into the air, deftly catching hold of a guide rail.
From Accidental Flight by Wallace, F. L. (Floyd L.)
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