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freight

[freyt] / freɪt /


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Christoph Seitz, global vice president of finished vehicles for DP World, a Dubai-based freight forwarder, said some Western automakers were skeptical of putting cars in boxes, but Chinese automakers didn’t flinch.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

All it takes to understand how he’s been turning himself into a freight train is seeing his time in the 100 meters on the track team in the spring.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

A freight plane also hit an unidentified flying object and sustained minor damage.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

The conspiracy extends to freight, logistics and fuel companies on the U.S. side, authorities say.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

The whirlpool roars in my ears like a freight train.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

There’s something of a pattern here, one that freights that statement with irony.

From Slate Jul. 11, 2023

Although it initially freights our empathy scale to favor Gauthier's side, the story humanizes all parties as it progresses.

From Salon Feb. 3, 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

Ralph halted, just passing a line of delayed freights.

From Ralph in the Switch Tower by Allen Chapman

The assertion that Asian Americans and other nonwhite immigrants don’t “assimilate”—a freighted term, to be sure—is both easy and hard to refute.

From Slate May 26, 2026

The fruit is pre-cooled for five hours before being packed and transported in refrigerated vans and then stored in cold rooms before being air freighted.

From BBC May 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

Weariness and sorrow freighted each page of his letter.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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

Shannon frames each scene in his modest film with care, freighting many of his shots through doors and windows with meaning.

From Salon Jun. 10, 2023

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

From Washington Post Feb. 14, 2023

Although he no longer ran a freighting business full-time, he still moved some goods and welcomed my assistance.

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




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