freight
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But the Rhine plays an outsized role, carrying around two-thirds of Germany's inland waterway freight, said Puls.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
However, it cautioned that freight rates are volatile and that given the current persistent geopolitical challenges, the outlook is subject to a high degree of uncertainty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Diesel primarily fuels commercial vehicles in the US – such as freight trucks, farm machinery, and cargo trains – which are used for transporting goods and construction.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
"The compression was primarily driven by a sharp spike in oil prices and freight rates amid Middle East geopolitical tensions," Xu said in its earnings reports.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
As he turned, it seemed that everything in the freight yard—horses, wagons, automobiles, railroad cars—was coming right at him on a wave of molasses.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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There’s something of a pattern here, one that freights that statement with irony.
From Slate ● Jul. 11, 2023
Pairing her with Paul, who brings a hardened soulfulness to Caleb, freights their adventure with palpable tautness.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2022
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
Where commerce is open to competition, a fair remunerative price for carrying freights is all that is demanded or paid.
From Monopolies and the People by D. C. Cloud
There is no historical template for a technology that is both immensely beneficial and deeply dangerous, freely accessible, fast-evolving and freighted with geopolitical significance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 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
Hie word was freighted with such seductiveness that Kaede picked up the goblet without hesitation.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
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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
One of the islands' main salmon exporters - Hiddenfjord - is also doing its bit, by ceasing the air freighting of its fresh fish.
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2021
Although he no longer ran a freighting business full-time, he still moved some goods and welcomed my assistance.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
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