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Recent Examples of freighter
The freighter, which left Buffalo, New York, on Nov. 26, was heading north to Taconic, Minnesota.
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Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 29 Nov. 2024
The 253-foot steel freighter ran aground on a sandbar during the storm.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024
Skip the redundant backstory and give us more freighter action with Captain Galt, Keamy, and Minkowski.
—Michael Alan Connelly, Vulture, 1 July 2024
In 2024 through September, Boeing delivered thirty eight MAX aircraft to China, and in July two 777 freighters to Air China.
—Jerrold Lundquist, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 29 Nov. 2024
The 253-foot steel freighter ran aground on a sandbar during the storm.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024
Skip the redundant backstory and give us more freighter action with Captain Galt, Keamy, and Minkowski.
—Michael Alan Connelly, Vulture, 1 July 2024
In 2024 through September, Boeing delivered thirty eight MAX aircraft to China, and in July two 777 freighters to Air China.
—Jerrold Lundquist, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for freighter
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The pistons, belts, and pulleys create the ambience of an engine room on a steamship, as clumps of fiber are separated and realigned into uniform fabric.Shane C Kurup, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Dec. 2024
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Hartley offers a fascinating account of the logistics of navigating the Volga before the introduction of steamships, including the herculean work of barge haulers, who had to drag boats upstream.Maria Lipman, Foreign Affairs, 22 Feb. 2022
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Nic Lynn, Neptune Aviation’s vice president of operations, said three of the company's air tankers are in use in Southern California.Terry Dickerson, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2025
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News journal Lloyd's List reported in December that the tanker is part of a fleet circumventing sanctions on Russian trading.John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
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There is a castle, an annual Shakespeare festival, a boat club (barges, mainly, given that Staffordshire has more miles of canal than any other county in England) and two semi-professional football clubs.Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
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Chilling temperatures signaled its return, but so did an important annual ritual: the last barge heading downriver from the Twin Cities, bringing the 2024 shipping season to an end.Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 3 Dec. 2024
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The Pentagon expected the warship to be operational in the first half of 2025. What To Know Photos taken by Chinese ship spotters showed the Fujian returned to Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai, where it was constructed in 2017 and launched, from its sixth sea trial.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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The shortfall is so severe that warship production is down to its lowest level in a quarter century.Nicole Foy, ProPublica, 2 Jan. 2025
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Plus, head to Walmart to shop more vacuums, steamers, and other floorcare.Kelsey Fredricks, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
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Nori Press Travel Steam Iron The solution to wrinkle-free clothes on vacation is finally here thanks to this handheld steamer that weighs less than one and a half pounds.Gabriella Maestri, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2025
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These preyed upon American merchantmen who either payed tribute or showed forged British passes.Thomas Wendel, National Review, 4 July 2019
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The Navy already has ships in the fleet that are former merchantmen.Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 Jan. 2019
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For example, when over 1,000 people died in a ferryboat accident in the Red Sea in 2006, critics accused the military of failing to deploy quickly enough to rescue them.Jeff Martini, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2011
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On another ferryboat is the Constitution and all the state and local officials dedicated to upholding it.Alexandra Petri, Washington Post, 18 June 2024
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Since September, traders have dialed back their expectations for rate cuts from the Federal Reserve, and Donald Trump won the presidential election with a platform that calls for higher tariffs across the board.Jesse Pound, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2025
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Friday’s jobs report means traders see it as a near certainty that the Fed will not cut interest rates at its next meeting later this month.Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Freighter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freighter. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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