freighter
Example Sentences
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Just one lone freighter was seen moving towards the port.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
A headlong drive for efficiency cut the average time needed to assemble a “Liberty Ship” freighter from around eight months shortly after Pearl Harbor to barely one month by 1945.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
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
The freighter was quickly unloaded and flew back to China carrying only empty pallets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
A schooner, a catamaran freighter, and a yacht, all of them lying across a bridge at a separate dock.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
