depot
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In late March at the annual Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, Tenn., Georgia Anne Muldrow bounced on sparkling silver high-heeled boots at Jackson Terminal, a former railroad freight depot.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
"There is no petrol at the depot for the past four days," said one tanker driver, Abdul Shakoor.
From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026
A Tehran resident said explosions at the depot violently shook his apartment windows.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026
European and British authorities launched a joint investigation after several self-igniting parcels detonated in Germany, Poland and at a DHL depot in the UK in 2024.
From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026
But that didn’t keep them from hauling for Grandpa’s big warehouse—delivering to the mill or depot when farmers who stored their cotton with us finally sold it.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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