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trolleybus

British

/ ˈtrɒlɪˌbʌs /

noun

an electrically driven public-transport vehicle that does not run on rails but takes its power from an overhead wire through a trolley

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Most of the debris fell on open ground, he added, but some damaged cars and trolleybus cables.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2023

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

"Half of our traffic police and emergency workers have been sent to Sochi," said Alexei, a Volgograd resident whose wife called from her car after hearing the blast and seeing the gutted trolleybus.

From Reuters ● Dec. 30, 2013

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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