freighter
Example Sentences
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“They fooled us,” says Victor, retired after a life as a freighter crewman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 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 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
The walkout, which began in September and lasted for seven weeks, held up production of the 737 Max, the 777 and the 767 freighter.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2024
Two days after that, Billy was turned over to the Americans, who shipped him home on a very slow freighter called the Lucretia A. Mott.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
