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Recent Examples of freighter
This is no more outlandish than Carol’s flight to France by way of Greenland, or Daryl’s voyage on a massive freighter.
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Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 22 June 2025
Lopez and her colleagues chartered a Boeing 747 freighter jet to bring the camera from San Francisco to Santiago, Chile, in May 2024.
—Rebecca Boyle, Scientific American, 12 June 2025
Just over a decade ago, in 2014, another freighter called the Rainbow Quest did the same, closing down the bridge to traffic for a couple of hours.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 19 May 2025
May 9 marks the anniversary of when part of the original Sunshine Skyway Bridge collapsed into Tampa Bay after it was struck by a freighter during a storm.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 May 2025
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Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 22 June 2025
Lopez and her colleagues chartered a Boeing 747 freighter jet to bring the camera from San Francisco to Santiago, Chile, in May 2024.
—Rebecca Boyle, Scientific American, 12 June 2025
Just over a decade ago, in 2014, another freighter called the Rainbow Quest did the same, closing down the bridge to traffic for a couple of hours.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 19 May 2025
May 9 marks the anniversary of when part of the original Sunshine Skyway Bridge collapsed into Tampa Bay after it was struck by a freighter during a storm.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for freighter
Noun
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In 1860, Ingram died while sailing aboard the Lady Elgin, a steamship that sank after being hit by another vessel on Lake Michigan.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
5 June 2025
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En route to Milwaukee, one of the steamships, the Sultana, lost 42 Essex Super Six cars and sedans overboard.—
Chris Foran,
jsonline.com,
3 July 2025
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Air tankers dropped nearly 180,000 gallons of fire retardant on July 13 alone.—
Perry Vandell,
AZCentral.com,
14 July 2025
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Two single-engine air tankers based in Mesquite delivered fire retardant to assist with initial suppression efforts before dark, according to the report.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
11 July 2025
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This company's launch vehicle, simply named Maia, is designed with a recoverable and reusable booster stage that will land on an offshore barge following liftoff from the Guiana Space Center in South America.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
9 July 2025
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An unpermitted fireworks barge that exploded, injuring a half-dozen people in Alabama.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
8 July 2025
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China's navy has been operating farther afield and near Japanese territory with increasing frequency, the report said, noting that Chinese navy warships passing between islands in Japan's southwestern prefecture of Okinawa have tripled in number between 2021 and 2024.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 July 2025
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Iron Bottom Sound was called Savo Sound before World War II, but Allied sailors gave it its current moniker for the huge numbers of warships that sank in battle there.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
9 July 2025
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During the 1860s to the late 1880s, the Crane and similar steamers were important to its commerce and served as a connector between cities.—
Rose Androwich,
jsonline.com,
22 July 2025
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While ironing is not needed as much anymore, there are things that steamers and wrinkle-releaser sprays cannot do.—
Jolie Kerr,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 July 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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The alternative would have been a full scrapping, which is what befell another Staten Island ferryboat, the Andrew J. Barberi.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
10 May 2025
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As a teenager, Ellen Dare Burling had an unusual summer job: Jumping off a moving ferryboat onto wooden piers, her arms filled with letters and packages destined for summer residents in their southern Wisconsin lake houses.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2025
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The average trading volume for Kohl's is roughly 8.7 million shares a day, however on July 22, traders were moving as high as 190 million shares of stock.—
Ricardo Torres,
jsonline.com,
22 July 2025
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Positioning After Earnings: Conversely, following the earnings release, traders can assess the relationship between immediate and medium-term returns to guide their strategy.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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“Freighter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freighter. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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