freight
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S&P Global says alternative supplies, external can mean higher crude, freight and insurance costs, while longer shipping routes add to the burden.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Plus, Houthi militants expand control near a strategic Red Sea chokepoint, and the Amazon plane crash is putting a spotlight on freight carrier 21 Air.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
High fuel prices are pummeling the freight sector.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
High freight rates and pre-holiday restocking could provide some downside support, but with supply remaining elevated, iron ore prices are likely to stay under pressure and trade rangebound, they add.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
He heard the engines puffing and snorting by the roundhouse and the crash of freight cars being assembled.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
Although it initially freights our empathy scale to favor Gauthier's side, the story humanizes all parties as it progresses.
From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2022
The sheer cost of her course load freights every school day with expectation.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 8, 2019
The reference, to Noah’s ark, is explicit, but Walker freights it with ugly realities.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 22, 2016
Whereas The Bachelor freights every sidelong glance with portent, DWTS’s stumbles and heartbreaks are all edited to make the stakes feel as low as possible.
From Slate ● May 24, 2016
No one would wish those engaged in transporting freights from the west to the east to lose money in the business.
From Monopolies and the People by D. C. Cloud
Yet until now, the orchestra has never reprised this intensely thoughtful and emotionally freighted piece.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
From there, the council freighted the policy with stipulations that made it difficult to actually satisfy.
From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2026
Some elements of this year’s White House decor theme seem similarly freighted.
From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2025
But the Nigerien connection remained significant and freighted with a degree of political and perhaps even cultural weight.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2025
I was not just a spouse but the husband of a black woman, a freighted symbol of black love.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Environmental advocates have long warned about the dangers of trains freighting hazardous chemicals.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2023
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
Besides, freighting the timber to northern mills would keep his railroad cars puffing.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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