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Recent Examples of trainload
Modern-day Vanderbilts should expect a trainload of paperwork.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trainload
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The new spot, which has been released in advance online, is a radical departure from WeatherTech’s consistent Made in America messaging, shifting to a carload of 70-something women raising hell on the open road while keeping the interior pristine, thanks to the floor mats.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2025
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Shortly after, Holmgren said, two carloads of ATF agents appeared at his job.—
Tim Stelloh,
NBC News,
1 Feb. 2025
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Fans have been given a wagonload of Duttons since Costner blazed the trail.—
Naledi Ushe,
USA TODAY,
13 Apr. 2023
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Soon 300,000 copies were in circulation, generating plaudits and hate mail by the wagonload.—
James Marcus,
WSJ,
4 Nov. 2022
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Giuliani said the fabric was initially used by sailors to cover shiploads, produce sails and eventually worn as workwear.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
14 Jan. 2025
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On April 29 1856, a shipload of camels arrived at the Texas port of Indianola.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American-Statesman,
29 Apr. 2024
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Considering the linemen were responsible for opening lanes leading to Barkley carving up opposing defenses, the star back decided to treat his players to a truckload of beer each.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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Under the ceasefire deal, Israeli officials must allow at least 600 truckloads of aid, including 50 carrying fuel, to enter Gaza daily during the initial six weeks.—
Astha Rajvanshi,
NBC News,
25 Jan. 2025
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Dex gives him mouth-to-mouth to revive him and then … leaves him on the cargo ship.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
14 Feb. 2025
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When the Western military left, islanders created makeshift imitations of the infrastructure — control towers built from bamboo, a plane carved from wood — in the hope that this ritual would cause more cargo to arrive.—
Laura Regensdorf Katharine Sohn Laura Bannister Osman Can Yerebakan Shannon Adducci,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2025
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Wentz was supposed to be the quarterback to lead Philadelphia to greatness after the team traded a boatload of capital to draft him second overall in 2016.—
Josh Dubow,
Orlando Sentinel,
6 Feb. 2025
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The roughly $14 billion Microsoft has pumped into OpenAI has been critical for the startup, which needs boatloads of GPUs to build and run its models.—
Jonathan Vanian,Jordan Novet,Lora Kolodny,Kif Leswing,
CNBC,
28 Jan. 2025
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The income numbers were a heavy improvement from the year-ago quarter, which saw a $442 million loss and $839 million in EBITDA, largely on the back of higher freight rates due to mass rerouting around the Cape of Good Hope.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
6 Feb. 2025
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The retailer took an $80 million loss due to elevated freight costs in its fourth quarter of 2021 reported on March 2.—
Jeff Nash,
CNBC,
4 Feb. 2025
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“Trainload.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trainload. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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