freighter
Example Sentences
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The latest reported delays follow the group’s decision last year to put off the launch of a freighter version of the A350 due to broader supply chain disruption.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
He said these included a French ship and a freighter from the UK.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2026
There was a close call at Newark Liberty International Airport last week, when an Alaska Air plane flew over a FedEx freighter when both were attempting to land on crossing runways at the same time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026
In one operation about 35 nautical miles from the small island of Gavdos, off Crete, a coastguard vessel, a Danish freighter and a helicopter took 365 people off a fishing boat, according to the agency.
From Barron's ● Dec. 26, 2025
It would have been as sorrowful a sound in that heavy fog as anyone could readily conjure or imagine, and as it grew louder—as the freighter drew closer—it would have sounded all the more forlorn.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
