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freight

[frayt] / freɪt /


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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

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

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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