freighted
Example Sentences
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TORONTO—Over the past 17 months, as President Trump has freighted Canada’s economy with several rounds of punishing tariffs, Prime Minister Mark Carney has often repeated the guiding maxim for his negotiations with the U.S.:
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
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
Some elements of this year’s White House decor theme seem similarly freighted.
From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2025
Weariness and sorrow freighted each page of his letter.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
