shipment
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The NCA said, had the latest shipment made its way into the hands of people smugglers, "each could have been used to transport around 70 people across the Channel".
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
In 2024, Earthmade received more than $176 million from two Malaysia-based shipment companies as part of the scheme, prosecutors said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
After that, prescription drugs will need to move through a formal entry process with an accountable company or person legally on the hook if a shipment doesn’t qualify.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
An egg mass was found in a shipment of stone from China, according to experts who have tracked its progress.
From Barron's
“Excuse me, I got a shipment of plungers I need to unpack.”
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
“Typically, variance between Fortescue’s shipments and sales is immaterial,” analyst David Coates says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
This exponential move is explained by the record-breaking tanker rates resulting from disruptions to energy shipments in the Strait of Hormuz over the last six months.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
The United States remained Taiwan's biggest export market in September, with overseas shipments more than doubling to $27.5 billion, the second highest value on record.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
Since May, spot prices paid for transporting goods have been increasing, despite the overall volume of shipments at the ports remaining flat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
With no new shipments coming in, people bought up everything we had in stock, even the winkeldochters, the “shop-daughters,” merchandise that had lain around so long it seemed part of the furniture.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
