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freight

[frayt] / freɪt /


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Cortizo and I were surrounded by towers of crates as we spoke, at the end of the longest freight rail link in the world.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

It cautioned, however, that freight rates are volatile and that the outlook is subject to a high degree of uncertainty given current and persistent geopolitical challenges.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Hapag-Lloyd had upgraded its guidance as recently as July, again citing strong market demand and higher freight rates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

"The compression was primarily driven by a sharp spike in oil prices and freight rates amid Middle East geopolitical tensions," Xu said in its earnings reports.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

When the once-a-week freight train hit Elm Street, he started running from the Oriole Street dead end — on one rail — and beat the train to the park, nosweat.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli

The script freights these qualities with guilt, which Cormier ably juggles in direr moments.

From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2024

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

From Slate ● Jul. 11, 2023

At night, the carriage can rock while negotiating a bend and freights enter your dreams as their cargo thrums past but these minor intrusions authenticate a true railway experience.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 29, 2020

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

From The New Yorker ● Feb. 8, 2019

Two men came running towards the freights and along them till they reached the locomotive.

From Ralph in the Switch Tower by Allen Chapman

Maybe this is why I have long treated “Ask a Manager” as both advice column and anthropological expedition behind the cubicle wall, where completely ordinary behaviors can become freighted with professional meaning.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 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

Can you please unpack the really freighted language in the birthright citizenship clause that is “subject to the jurisdiction thereof.”

From Slate ● Mar. 16, 2026

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

“Maybe I was naive,” he said in a halting voice freighted with emotion.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

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

What’s fallen off a little is the stories freighting that message.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2022

One of the islands' main salmon exporters - Hiddenfjord - is also doing its bit, by ceasing the air freighting of its fresh fish.

From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2021

The company turned briefly to air freighting products to meet demand, but at five or six times the cost of sea freight, it cut into the company’s profits.

From New York Times ● Oct. 31, 2021

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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