trainload

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Recent Examples of trainload Modern-day Vanderbilts should expect a trainload of paperwork. Lucy Alexander, Robb Report, 30 Apr. 2023 Camps and sanitariums opened for business, and welcomed trainload upon trainload of them. Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2022 In the waning days of the war, in April 1865, Confederate President Jefferson Davis fled Richmond with a trainload of what was left of the Confederate treasury in gold and silver. Washington Post, 2 May 2022 The Russian Defense Ministry released footage of a trainload of armored vehicles leaving Crimea, which Russia seized from Ukraine in 2014. Jill Lawless, ajc, 16 Feb. 2022 See all Example Sentences for trainload 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trainload
Noun
  • Norfolk Southern is one of the largest railroads in the U.S., delivering more than 7 million carloads annually.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
  • For perspective, Norfolk Southern’s total volume of carloads and intermodal units rose just 0.9% between 2020 and 2023, while its average revenue per carload or unit rose a solid 23%.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Fans have been given a wagonload of Duttons since Costner blazed the trail.
    Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Soon 300,000 copies were in circulation, generating plaudits and hate mail by the wagonload.
    James Marcus, WSJ, 4 Nov. 2022
Noun
  • On April 29 1856, a shipload of camels arrived at the Texas port of Indianola.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 29 Apr. 2024
  • With a shipload of multimillionaires and billionaires, how will ULYSSIA avoid a DIEHARD situation at sea, like piracy, kidnapping, or terrorists making a statement?
    Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Photograph: Oyewole Lawal On the day of my visit, an aggregator had delivered a truckload of batteries from laptops, cell phones, and power tools.
    Vince Beiser, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Its Plainfield warehouse had been operating for about 20 years, providing goods to resellers, small stores and flea markets bidding on pallets and truckloads of merchandise through its website, liquidation.com.
    Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • If the rear passenger space is modest, the rear cargo space is class leading for a car this size.
    James Morris, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
  • These drones, loaded with an array of seeds, hover over target areas and release their precious cargo.
    Sabrina Weiss, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • One sequence the team dug in their heels to include was a scene in which the Colosseum was flooded for a nautical battle between a boatload of Romans and a ship full of gladiators.
    Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2024
  • This election's drama has drawn boatloads of viewers to tune into some of the biggest political moments, will the same be true for the vice presidential debate? Tuesday night, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. JD Vance of Ohio will face one another in New York City.
    Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Dockworkers and freight companies feud over automation A strike in October at docks across the East and Gulf coasts threatened to upend the economy and drive up prices, but workers and management ended the stoppage with a tentative agreement after three days.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The German firm also audited Aurora’s safety guidelines for its self-driving trucks, as well as protocols for autonomous freight company Gatik.
    Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 13 Dec. 2024

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“Trainload.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trainload. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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