freight

Example Sentences

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The Amazon/USPS situation shows that after a brutal three-year freight recession, it’s time for prices to start rising.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

The commodity price surge, compounded by rising global freight rates, is pressuring the manufacturing sector.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

The overall cost of shipping oil shot up after the war broke out, said freight pricing specialist Peter Norfolk at Platts, part of S&P Global Energy.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

“When you deal with long-distance freight and complex scheduling, if suddenly you become unavailable as core infrastructure to your customers, well, the damage ripples through the entire economy,” said Diari.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Like eggshells it crushed the buildings of the North End yard of the city’s paving division....To the north it swirled and wiped out practically all of Boston’s only electric freight terminal.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler