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carriers

NOUN
one who carries or transmits something
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NOUN
a ship that carries airplanes
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“When airlines can pass through higher fuel costs without sacrificing traffic, it supports revenue growth and positions well-managed carriers to expand margins and profitability,” he adds.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Hunt Transport Services, one of the largest for-hire carriers in the country, said on an April earnings call that the market felt “meaningfully different” from recent years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

The turnaround comes after four years in which carriers have been squeezed by a combination of too many trucks on the road and not enough loads.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

The chief of Turkey's Pegasus Airlines, Guliz Ozturk, noted wryly that it was standard practice for carriers to predict various scenarios at the beginning of the year, only to see something entirely different happen.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

She made it sound like we were doing a great service by helping the newspaper carriers become more “organized and accountable.”

From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia



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