freighter

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Qatar's defence ministry also said a freighter arriving in its waters from Abu Dhabi was hit by a drone.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

Consider the March 1942 sinking of the British freighter Induna.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

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

A runaway freighter full of gypsum rammed a steel bridge, but the cause was crew inattention, not mechanical like Baltimore.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 26, 2024

The whistle of the freighter and the lighthouse diaphone sounded again in the fog.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson