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load

[lohd] / loʊd /






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The prosecution claimed crane operator McInnes had a restricted view of the load and that the operation became a "blind lift" when it moved completely out of sight.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

I used to be a mortgage-loan officer; I would get a couple that each made six figures, but would have difficulty qualifying them for a loan amount they wanted because of their consumer-debt load.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

Acquisitions have left the company with a heavy debt load, but analysts say its track record meshing newcomers successfully while managing same-store growth bode well.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Odebunmi again carried much of the load on Cleveland’s second drive, contributing 39 yards and scoring on a two-yard run to give the Cavaliers a 14-0 lead.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

“You can be the hands that lift the load, or you can be the burden itself. You choose.”

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

The 737 MAX is still parked at Tabuk Airport where it is expected to undergo extensive checks to assess if the high speeds and G-force loads caused unrecoverable damage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

The following breakdown showing the Boeing 737 MAX’s speed, angles and G-force loads is based on second-by-second satellite tracking data from Flightradar24.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

You may be wondering just what kind of company would be so willing to lavish the resources required for a full-scale New York City musical, accompanied by loads of free merch.

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026

"I know I'm better off financially compared to a lot of people living in halls," she said, adding "loads of people" were doing the same thing.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

The HYDROs were designed to make repairs and to haul heavy loads, but if necessary they could also defend the station.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

It’s a loaded question because talent and gifted people are everywhere.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

The agency reported that the violations included unlawful take of female deer, taking deer without licenses or tags, possession of untagged meat, possession of loaded firearms in a vehicle, illegal method of take and spotlighting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

It wasn’t clear whether they could eventually be loaded with older software.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

The ships, loaded with horses, men and a giant cask of wine, recede to the horizon of the Channel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

For two weeks, we loaded my mower on a small trailer he pulled behind the pickup and headed to our latest jobs.

From "Lawn Boy" by Gary Paulsen

It was like Christmas every Wednesday afternoon as we shredded packages and stacked CDs, occasional stickers and vinyl, splitting the spoils and loading them into our computers — by hand even!

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

Both benchmarks had pared gains Monday after Saudi Arabia resumed loading vessels at the Red Sea port of Yanbu via its East-West pipeline, a key export route that bypasses the Strait of Hormuz.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

With its Red Sea bypass route disrupted by the attacks, Aramco began loading more oil onto tankers in the Persian Gulf and then taking its chances sending them through Hormuz.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

The samples are prepared for loading into a shoebox-sized sequencing machine made by Oxford Nanopore, which uses specialist software developed at the University of Nottingham, in partnership with hospital clinicians.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

We never knew the elementary school was helping us until their custodian drove up to the loading bay with the payload of his truck overflowing with chain.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman




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