shipment

Example Sentences

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Automated conveyor belts shuttle boxes of wine along to a massive pallet wrapper, like a giant cling film dispenser twirling the pallets around ready for shipment.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Since January, only one shipment of Russian crude has reached Cuban ports, and the fuel refined from it has already been used, De la O said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Every shipment that makes it across the desert blunts the pressure from a closed strait and gives Gulf governments room to wait out the negotiations and shift the balance of power.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

On a cold January night, he found himself hauling a shipment of meat across several Midwestern states.

From Slate • May 13, 2026

In February we had some of our furniture and all of our Chinese things crated for shipment.

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz