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Japan pioneered the technology in 1964 with its famous and well-patronized Shinkansen trains, which have never suffered a passenger fatality.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 28, 2023

Even so, unlike so many cities, Seattle remained strong, downtown was loved and well-patronized, and the neighborhoods mostly consisted of single-family houses.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 5, 2017

His amazing agility, his wily endurance, his handsome appearance, have been largely instrumental in re-establishing wrestling as a well-patronized pastime in U. S. cities.

From Time Magazine Archive

Marathon races were well-patronized then; the greatest of runners was Dorando, a confectioner from the island of Capri.

From Time Magazine Archive

If, on the other hand, a rate of half a cent a mile can be made remunerative, there is certainly no justice in maintaining rates five and six times as large on well-patronized lines.

From The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses by Larrabee, William