freighter

Example Sentences

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He said these included a French ship and a freighter from the UK.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

Consider the March 1942 sinking of the British freighter Induna.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 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

The freighter, ordered by Taiwan’s EVA Air, took off for Taipei on April 8, according to FlightRadar24 data.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2024

Miss Trixie was watching a freighter from Monrovia depart with a dockful of International Harvester tractors.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole