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freight

[freyt] / freɪt /


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If higher energy prices spread into freight, wages, services and expectations, an oil problem becomes a general inflation problem.

From MarketWatch Aug. 31, 2026

To keep them shopping, the farm-and-ranch chain is similarly turning to tariff refunds to absorb rising freight and fuel costs rather than passing them on.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 2026

However, higher crude tanker freight rates in 3Q are expected to lift its unit AET’s earnings in 4Q with a lag, while seasonally stronger rates could sustain performance into 1Q 2027, he adds.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

Business is booming for U.S. freight companies, thanks to strong demand from manufacturing customers, a rush of data-center construction and capacity constraints.

From MarketWatch Aug. 28, 2026

We’d get there for free, as long as the freight trains ran.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

Pairing her with Paul, who brings a hardened soulfulness to Caleb, freights their adventure with palpable tautness.

From Salon Jun. 26, 2022

The sheer cost of her course load freights every school day with expectation.

From The New Yorker Feb. 8, 2019

Rounders such as Johnson would hop freights if they had no money for a regular ticket.

From The Guardian Mar. 24, 2017

Whereas The Bachelor freights every sidelong glance with portent, DWTS’s stumbles and heartbreaks are all edited to make the stakes feel as low as possible.

From Slate May 24, 2016

The shipping of way freights is always attended with more proportionate expense and delay than at prominent and terminal points.

From Monopolies and the People by D. C. Cloud

From there, the council freighted the policy with stipulations that made it difficult to actually satisfy.

From Slate Mar. 25, 2026

Some elements of this year’s White House decor theme seem similarly freighted.

From Salon Dec. 11, 2025

The latest numbers were slightly improved from a previous reading freighted by government shutdown disruptions, but barely.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 8, 2025

After years apart, the band feels lighter and less freighted with expectation.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 11, 2025

Just because Lena was nice in physics class doesn’t mean she should be freighted with this, or would know what to do.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan

The heatwave lowered levels in the Rhine River - a major shipping route - limiting the amount cargo ships can transport and raising freighting costs.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2025

And, he said, growth in freighting has slowed in the years since the pandemic boost, with warehouses seeing higher job vacancy rates.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 12, 2025

Environmental advocates have long warned about the dangers of trains freighting hazardous chemicals.

From Washington Post Feb. 14, 2023

Per the statement from the White House, "Bypassing regular air freighting routes will speed up the importation and distribution of formula and serve as an immediate support as manufacturers continue to ramp up production."

From Salon May 18, 2022

My uncle had worked with him over the years when Big Schoolboy ran a freighting business, carrying goods back and forth by horse-drawn wagon between his home in Chinle and Gallup.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac




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