freight
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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
“The current geopolitical backdrop continues to create volatility across energy, commodity and supply chain markets,” he said, adding that the company is seeing inflation in supplier costs, ocean freight, trucking costs and other logistics expenses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
That means more vessels are needed to ship goods, pushing up freight rates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
The conspiracy extends to freight, logistics and fuel companies on the U.S. side, authorities say.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
But instead of hopping a freight, it was the Internet they’d ride out of town to Chicago, and it was the Middleton High Geek Club that started the trip.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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Pairing her with Paul, who brings a hardened soulfulness to Caleb, freights their adventure with palpable tautness.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2022
The sheer cost of her course load freights every school day with expectation.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 8, 2019
The reference, to Noah’s ark, is explicit, but Walker freights it with ugly realities.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 22, 2016
Whereas The Bachelor freights every sidelong glance with portent, DWTS’s stumbles and heartbreaks are all edited to make the stakes feel as low as possible.
From Slate ● May 24, 2016
As a result of this new mode of conducting business, let us see how the price of freights is affected.
From Monopolies and the People by D. C. Cloud
But this is a story freighted with symbolism and one which has drawn outsized international attention because of its connection to that other world religion - football.
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 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
After years apart, the band feels lighter and less freighted with expectation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2025
“Maybe I was naive,” he said in a halting voice freighted with emotion.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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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
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
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
Besides, freighting the timber to northern mills would keep his railroad cars puffing.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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