chartering

Example Sentences

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Prices in both regions surged this week, along with the cost of chartering tankers to move the gas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

The team has to coordinate between two airline partners, chartering a Boeing 757 from Delta and a Boeing 737-800 from United, to handle travel parties of sometimes more than 100 in all.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2025

The UK government is chartering another flight for British nationals to leave Lebanon on Sunday, as it urges people to exit the country which is gripped by conflict.

From BBC • Oct. 4, 2024

Before the war, the sheikh was sometimes criticized for his lavish choices, like chartering a private jet to attend the World Cup in Qatar in 2022.

From New York Times • Jun. 5, 2024

This originally had reference to the hiring of a ship; but when we hear of chartering a fly, or chartering a stretcher, there certainly arises an odd sense of the incongruous.

From A Cursory History of Swearing by Sharman, Julian