freighter
Example Sentences
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A headlong drive for efficiency cut the average time needed to assemble a “Liberty Ship” freighter from around eight months shortly after Pearl Harbor to barely one month by 1945.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
Qatar's defence ministry also said a freighter arriving in its waters from Abu Dhabi was hit by a drone.
From Barron's ● May 11, 2026
Consider the March 1942 sinking of the British freighter Induna.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
It halted work at Boeing's major factories in the Seattle region, paralysing production of the 737, the 777 and the 767 freighter.
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2025
Miles away, we could see the blocky shape of a freighter steaming south, and a few deep-sea boats trolling back and forth.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
