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freight

[freyt] / freɪt /


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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

A freight plane also hit an unidentified flying object and sustained minor damage.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

That means more vessels are needed to ship goods, pushing up freight rates.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

We’d get there for free, as long as the freight trains ran.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

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

From Slate Jul. 11, 2023

Although it initially freights our empathy scale to favor Gauthier's side, the story humanizes all parties as it progresses.

From Salon Feb. 3, 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

Two men came running towards the freights and along them till they reached the locomotive.

From Ralph in the Switch Tower by Allen Chapman

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

The fruit is pre-cooled for five hours before being packed and transported in refrigerated vans and then stored in cold rooms before being air freighted.

From BBC May 25, 2026

From there, the council freighted the policy with stipulations that made it difficult to actually satisfy.

From Slate Mar. 25, 2026

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

From Salon Dec. 11, 2025

Just because Lena was nice in physics class doesn’t mean she should be freighted with this, or would know what to do.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan

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

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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