freighter

Example Sentences

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“They fooled us,” says Victor, retired after a life as a freighter crewman.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

The MD-11F freighter operated by UPS, crashed after one of its engines separated from the wing as it was preparing to take off from Louisville.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026

In one operation about 35 nautical miles from the small island of Gavdos, off Crete, a coastguard vessel, a Danish freighter and a helicopter took 365 people off a fishing boat, according to the agency.

From Barron's • Dec. 26, 2025

The freighter, ordered by Taiwan’s EVA Air, took off for Taipei on April 8, according to FlightRadar24 data.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2024

Mr. Levy' listened to her snoring and watched the Monrovian freighter moving out into the harbor and turning downstream toward the Gulf.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole