trolleybus
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Costing £250m, it was substantially cheaper than Supertram but critics said it lacked ambition, while others branded it a costly white elephant, noting that nowhere else in the UK had built a new trolleybus line.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2025
Madison BRT could begin with diesel-hybrids, then upgrade to a battery version or even some new wire trolleybus, McIntosh said.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 27, 2018
“I’m singing the song on a tram in Melbourne, Australia, about a trolleybus ride I took with my late father Raymond in Reading, England, in 1964,” Hitchcock says.
From Salon ● Apr. 8, 2017
A trolleybus was on fire on the square outside the station.
From Reuters ● Aug. 30, 2014
I just bumped from my hotel to work and to parties and from parties to my hotel and back to work like a numb trolleybus.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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