freighter

Example Sentences

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There was a close call at Newark Liberty International Airport last week, when an Alaska Air plane flew over a FedEx freighter when both were attempting to land on crossing runways at the same time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

The MD-11F freighter operated by UPS, crashed after one of its engines separated from the wing as it was preparing to take off from Louisville.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026

In one operation about 35 nautical miles from the small island of Gavdos, off Crete, a coastguard vessel, a Danish freighter and a helicopter took 365 people off a fishing boat, according to the agency.

From Barron's • Dec. 26, 2025

A seagoing freighter as long as two football fields slammed into a support pier and the bridge connecting Lower Tampa Bay to St. Petersburg.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2024

Mr. Levy' listened to her snoring and watched the Monrovian freighter moving out into the harbor and turning downstream toward the Gulf.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole