freight
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Early cracks are already appearing in categories with short supply chains, where perishable goods can’t wait out freight swings in cold storage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
While freight costs react immediately, the peak price impact on grocery shelves takes 12 to 18 months to fully filter through production and distribution markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
Union Pacific’s UNP -0.69%decrease; red down pointing triangle chief executive may have tanked his own deal, a $71.5 billion plan to create a transcontinental railroad that he touted as the future of freight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
Hapag-Lloyd previously upgraded its guidance both in September and July, citing strong market demand and higher freight rates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
He heard the engines puffing and snorting by the roundhouse and the crash of freight cars being assembled.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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There’s something of a pattern here, one that freights that statement with irony.
From Slate ● Jul. 11, 2023
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
Rounders such as Johnson would hop freights if they had no money for a regular ticket.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 24, 2017
This they are bound to furnish, and also to do the ordinary carrying of freights, for a reasonable compensation.
From Monopolies and the People by D. C. Cloud
From there, the council freighted the policy with stipulations that made it difficult to actually satisfy.
From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2026
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
Projecting individual meaning onto our favorite shows is a natural result of an emotionally freighted medium.
From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2025
That complicated human-rights situation is freighted with Saudi Arabia’s history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 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
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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