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freight

[freyt] / freɪt /


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The ocean unit saw a 23% jump in revenue to $2 billion, supported by higher freight rates and volume growth of 4.1%, the shipping group said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

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

Beyond semiconductors, GM and other automakers have wrestled with supplier bankruptcies, logistics delays across rail and freight networks and volatile raw-material pricing that have strained the industry’s parts network.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

The conspiracy extends to freight, logistics and fuel companies on the U.S. side, authorities say.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

Our freight car had enough fellows on it to keep the conversation moving.

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson

The script freights these qualities with guilt, which Cormier ably juggles in direr moments.

From Salon Feb. 22, 2024

There’s something of a pattern here, one that freights that statement with irony.

From Slate Jul. 11, 2023

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

No one would wish those engaged in transporting freights from the west to the east to lose money in the business.

From Monopolies and the People by D. C. Cloud

Dramatists are more cognizant than ever of the sociopolitical import of these contradictions and they’ve been chronicling the way this historically freighted baggage emerges in the drama of everyday life.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 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

Some elements of this year’s White House decor theme seem similarly freighted.

From Salon Dec. 11, 2025

That complicated human-rights situation is freighted with Saudi Arabia’s history.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 23, 2025

Hie word was freighted with such seductiveness that Kaede picked up the goblet without hesitation.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo

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

Environmental advocates have long warned about the dangers of trains freighting hazardous chemicals.

From Washington Post Feb. 14, 2023

What’s fallen off a little is the stories freighting that message.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 13, 2022

Per the statement from the White House, "Bypassing regular air freighting routes will speed up the importation and distribution of formula and serve as an immediate support as manufacturers continue to ramp up production."

From Salon May 18, 2022

My uncle had worked with him over the years when Big Schoolboy ran a freighting business, carrying goods back and forth by horse-drawn wagon between his home in Chinle and Gallup.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac




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