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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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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

By the end of last year, even some midsize carriers had shut down.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 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

“North America is likely to see a predominantly price-driven adjustment, with widening segmentation between resilient network carriers and more constrained low-cost operators,” it added.

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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