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freight

[freyt] / freɪt /


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All it takes to understand how he’s been turning himself into a freight train is seeing his time in the 100 meters on the track team in the spring.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

A freight plane also hit an unidentified flying object and sustained minor damage.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

“The current geopolitical backdrop continues to create volatility across energy, commodity and supply chain markets,” he said, adding that the company is seeing inflation in supplier costs, ocean freight, trucking costs and other logistics expenses.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

The conspiracy extends to freight, logistics and fuel companies on the U.S. side, authorities say.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

While the freight trains continued to rumble through town a dozen times a day, little in Clarkston looked familiar to the people who’d spent their lives there.

From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John

Pairing her with Paul, who brings a hardened soulfulness to Caleb, freights their adventure with palpable tautness.

From Salon Jun. 26, 2022

At night, the carriage can rock while negotiating a bend and freights enter your dreams as their cargo thrums past but these minor intrusions authenticate a true railway experience.

From The Guardian Jan. 29, 2020

The sheer cost of her course load freights every school day with expectation.

From The New Yorker Feb. 8, 2019

Whereas The Bachelor freights every sidelong glance with portent, DWTS’s stumbles and heartbreaks are all edited to make the stakes feel as low as possible.

From Slate May 24, 2016

We are aware that the idea is commonly entertained that the people receive an equivalent for these railroad grants in the increased facilities for travel and transportation of freights.

From Monopolies and the People by D. C. Cloud

The assertion that Asian Americans and other nonwhite immigrants don’t “assimilate”—a freighted term, to be sure—is both easy and hard to refute.

From Slate May 26, 2026

But this is a story freighted with symbolism and one which has drawn outsized international attention because of its connection to that other world religion - football.

From BBC Jan. 20, 2026

Some elements of this year’s White House decor theme seem similarly freighted.

From Salon Dec. 11, 2025

The latest numbers were slightly improved from a previous reading freighted by government shutdown disruptions, but barely.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 8, 2025

Barringer believed that the crater had been formed by a ten-million-ton meteor, heavily freighted with iron and nickel, and it was his confident expectation that he would make a fortune digging it out.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

The heatwave lowered levels in the Rhine River - a major shipping route - limiting the amount cargo ships can transport and raising freighting costs.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2025

And, he said, growth in freighting has slowed in the years since the pandemic boost, with warehouses seeing higher job vacancy rates.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 12, 2025

Shannon frames each scene in his modest film with care, freighting many of his shots through doors and windows with meaning.

From Salon Jun. 10, 2023

Environmental advocates have long warned about the dangers of trains freighting hazardous chemicals.

From Washington Post Feb. 14, 2023

Although he no longer ran a freighting business full-time, he still moved some goods and welcomed my assistance.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac




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