freight

Example Sentences

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Locomotives need to be able to haul freight across mountainous and desert regions, in various weather conditions and temperatures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

The overall cost of shipping oil shot up after the war broke out, said freight pricing specialist Peter Norfolk at Platts, part of S&P Global Energy.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

Rail freight is responsible for less than 2% of transportation-related greenhouse-gas emissions in the U.S., but that “is still a huge amount,” said Langer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Elevated diesel prices will drive up costs of everything from contract mining, consumables, reagent freight and contract haulage to export logistics, shipping and mine-site aviation, it says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

One freight train did come along while they were pulling the obelisk over the tracks, but it was only delayed a half an hour or so.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman