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load

[lohd] / loʊd /






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In an interview with The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, Metro Loft’s CEO Nathan Berman said the additional load from widening the upper floors caused two columns to collapse.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

A company could load a plan with a high-fee private equity fund and be protected from suit as long as it showed it had followed the rule and considered the fees.

From Salon Jul. 9, 2026

Steele said they had finished sorting the first load of food at about 01:00 BST on Monday before returning to the circuit just a few hours later.

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

For example, if a student enrolls in the fall with a full course load, they receive the maximum amount of loans.

From MarketWatch Jul. 1, 2026

After the goods were delivered, the tractor slowly ground its way back with a load of people returning to the outside world.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

Post game, Bellingham said: "The game is split into loads of different facets – technical, tactical, and, the biggest one is psychological, managing adversity."

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

"You learn loads and there's so many volunteers here that are so experienced."

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

During the day, he loads it with heavy goods that he hauls around Old Delhi’s crowded wholesale markets.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

According to the CHP, unsecured loads contribute to thousands of crashes each year, which lead to serious injuries and death.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2026

Malia asks as Dad loads the box into the trunk.

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks

Some coffins were loaded into the back of ambulances to be transported to the home provinces of the deceased.

From Barron's Jul. 14, 2026

Two more ships left for China loaded with Iranian iron ore.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

We passed a caged dog and saw a puppy on a short leash being loaded into a vehicle.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

Elaborate sets were seen being loaded into the venue in the lead up, including a large glitterball, a white staircase railing and items labelled "garden party".

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

The girl loaded up her sled before turning to Duane to say goodbye.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

The sight of tankers loitering in the Sea of Azov off the north-eastern coast of occupied Crimea is common, as there is an onshore oil loading facility at Kerch port on the peninsula itself.

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

He was loading his 2-year-old daughter, Sadie, into the family’s Tesla after a play date and trip to the grocery store in Venice.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 30, 2026

Turkish seismologist Süleyman Nalbant led a recently published study concluding that stress had been loading for over two centuries on the fault responsible for the initial quake.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

If vessels have been waiting outside the Persian Gulf, there could be a surge in traffic, creating delays at loading and discharge terminals, he noted.

From MarketWatch Jun. 18, 2026

He was up on the loading platform with some other colored men, all of them grinning big and waving to friends, white and colored.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns




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