How to Use carrier in a Sentence

carrier

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  • I put the pet carrier in the car.
  • The airline is the nation's largest carrier.
  • Mosquitoes can be carriers of malaria.
  • The carrier asked Diaz for the key to the truck back, but Diaz did not respond.
    — Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2023
  • By the end of 2023, the carrier will have service to seven total cities.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 8 June 2023
  • The move must have had both the 5-foot-5 ball carrier and his father feeling 10 feet tall.
    — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2023
  • Pieces of fence, strips of caution tape and trash cans ward the curious — and even the mail carrier — away.
    — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2024
  • The base is currently allowed to have three carriers at berth at the same time for 29 days a year.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2023
  • The victim, mother of two and postal carrier Tracey Gross, died of her injuries the next day.
    — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2024
  • The smaller the running lanes, maybe the less chance opposing ball carriers will have to get that far.
    — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Birds are the primary carriers and victims of the virus.
    — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
  • But is flying with the ultra-low-cost carrier worth it?
    — Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 19 June 2023
  • The carrier is the country's largest, with more than 240 million subscribers.
    — Michelle Chapman, Quartz, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The team secured the dog in a warm sleeping bag-like carrier and placed the entire package on a stretcher.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 17 May 2023
  • Joan’s husband looked down at their dog, Toby, who was in a carrier at his feet.
    — Kiera Feldman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2024
  • The carrier has more than 240 million subscribers, the country’s largest.
    — Michelle Chapman, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2024
  • The woman picked up the carrier, clearly confused by it.
    — Leslie Jamison, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
  • The regulations have triggered a run on diesel rigs as carriers add to their fleets ahead of the Jan. 1 bar against new diesel trucks at ports.
    — Paul Berger, WSJ, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Deals offered by the major U.S. cell phone carriers play a hand in device sales, as well.
    — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2024
  • The carrier is the country’s largest, with more than 240 million subscribers.
    — Michelle Chapman, The Enquirer, 12 June 2024
  • The shift will affect how customers of the discount carrier select seats and board planes.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 25 July 2024
  • Focus on basic gear like a stroller, car seat and carrier.
    — Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Pilots and flight attendants are the remaining two work groups at the carrier that have yet to reach a deal.
    — Alexandra Skores, Dallas News, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The carrier was praised for its smooth 20-minute evacuation of a plane that was already on fire.
    — Julia Mio Inuma, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Some carriers, however, plan to keep first class, at least on some routes.
    — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The two carriers are – some -- one of them's already shooting down rockets.
    — ABC News, 22 Oct. 2023
  • Of the four Kiev-class carriers the Soviets built, only the final one, the Baku, remains in service.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN, 19 Aug. 2024
  • Nice is akin to economy class, Nicest is the carrier's first class, and Nicer falls somewhere in between.
    — Lauren Burwell, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2023
  • The carrier was relaunched and remains one of the region’s leading low-cost travel providers.
    — Michelle Toh, CNN, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines is getting in the Halloween spirit with a spooky-good sale that has one-way flights starting as low as $48.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2024

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