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Recent Examples of freighter
Deliveries of all 737 Max planes as well as freighter models have been halted by the strike.
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Chris Isidore, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
The Max, as well as two freighter models, the 777F and 767F, are built in unionized plants shut down by the strike.
—Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 19 Sep. 2024
Among the programs being cut is the 767 jet, which is now only being built in a freighter version.
—Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 11 Oct. 2024
To check freighter travel in Michigan, visit the MarineTraffic website.
—Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 28 Sep. 2024
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Chris Isidore, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
The Max, as well as two freighter models, the 777F and 767F, are built in unionized plants shut down by the strike.
—Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 19 Sep. 2024
Among the programs being cut is the 767 jet, which is now only being built in a freighter version.
—Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 11 Oct. 2024
To check freighter travel in Michigan, visit the MarineTraffic website.
—Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 28 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for freighter
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In those days, as international trade was transformed by refrigerated steamships, Argentina was a major exporter of grain and meat, by some measures as wealthy as the United States.Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
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And, within about 48 hours, local vigilantes rounded up Chinese residents — hundreds of people — forced them onto steamships bound for San Francisco and told them to never return again.Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 26 Nov. 2024
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Five tanker trucks were initially requested to the scene through an area tanker task force before five additional tankers were requested.Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 16 Dec. 2024
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Oxygen tankers are being delivered regularly to supply the mine shaft, and crews have made progress entering the underground area.Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 3 Dec. 2024
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Supplies for the season are brought in via a massive barge from Vancouver while fresh produce is brought in weekly.Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
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Deep water surrounded much of the area, so someone had placed sheets of wood on top of a chain link fence and balanced both on blocks of plastic foam, creating a makeshift barge that could pull piles of debris from shore to shore. Skid loaders crisscrossed the nearby sand.Blake Nelson, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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Tokyo has been enhancing its island defense capabilities, including developing a stealthy missile capable of conducting long-range attacks to sink invading warships.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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The call between the two top military leaders was not made public until Wednesday, a day after the Russian defense ministry announced that Russian warships in the that area had launched hypersonic missiles at an undisclosed target area in international waters of that body of water.Luis Martinez, ABC News, 4 Dec. 2024
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Remove steamer from pot and turn out oysters onto table.Jennifer Hope Choi, Bon Appétit, 13 Dec. 2024
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Follow the directions on your steamer for a safe, chemical-free way to deep clean your appliance.Barbara Bellesi Zito, Southern Living, 29 Nov. 2024
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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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Bell is accused of lying to investors about his track record as a trader, about the level of risk associated with the investments, about how he would be paid for managing the money, and about how the investments were performing, the SEC alleges.Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 10 Dec. 2024
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The Citi company logo displayed as traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during afternoon trading on March 27, 2024 in New York City.Michael del Castillo, Fortune, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Freighter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freighter. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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