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freight

[freyt] / freɪt /


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The boom has pushed ocean freight rates for cars to double their prepandemic levels, Enger said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

All it takes to understand how he’s been turning himself into a freight train is seeing his time in the 100 meters on the track team in the spring.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

Revenue growth was driven by market capacity constraints supporting the express and air freight units.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

The conspiracy extends to freight, logistics and fuel companies on the U.S. side, authorities say.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

The moon slips out for a second, shining its bluish light on what might be freight cars.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

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

Rounders such as Johnson would hop freights if they had no money for a regular ticket.

From The Guardian Mar. 24, 2017

The shipping of way freights is always attended with more proportionate expense and delay than at prominent and terminal points.

From Monopolies and the People by D. C. Cloud

But this is a story freighted with symbolism and one which has drawn outsized international attention because of its connection to that other world religion - football.

From BBC Jan. 20, 2026

Some elements of this year’s White House decor theme seem similarly freighted.

From Salon Dec. 11, 2025

The latest numbers were slightly improved from a previous reading freighted by government shutdown disruptions, but barely.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 8, 2025

Kevan Harris, an associate professor of sociology at UCLA, said that any U.S. involvement in a military conflict with Iran is freighted with meaning, and has long been the subject of hand-wringing.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 22, 2025

“Maybe I was naive,” he said in a halting voice freighted with emotion.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

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

The company turned briefly to air freighting products to meet demand, but at five or six times the cost of sea freight, it cut into the company’s profits.

From New York Times Oct. 31, 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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