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
  • Police officers, firefighters and service members hustled to unload carloads of diapers, car seats, clothes, toys, books and toiletries that residents had dropped off.
    Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2025
  • Two carloads of the creatures arrived in Kansas City by rail from Miami, Florida, on the morning of May 6.
    Jeremy Drouin, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2025
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
  • But shiploads of Chinese passengers continued to journey across the ocean, finding ways around the law.
    Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • The truckloads of equipment the Dodgers travel with has to be specifically sorted and loaded onto the correct flight.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
  • Another truckload brought more than 60 boxes on Tuesday.
    Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 7 May 2025
Noun
  • Russia later said the strike Friday targeted a cargo ship carrying military equipment.
    ILLIA NOVIKOV, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2025
  • Each crew will engage in activities such as raising the sails, moving cargo and exploring areas of the 1863 ship that are normally shut off to the public.
    Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • Starting the season with a boatload of cap space isnt a bad thing B Brad B. · 2h 7m ago Thanks guys for your coverage.
    Michael Russo, New York Times, 17 May 2025
  • The Trump family is making a boatload of money off a venture backed by a foreign government.
    Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 7 May 2025
Noun
  • Shorter logistics chains cut freight expenses, shrink working-capital needs, and reduce scope-3 emissions.
    William Jones, USA Today, 16 May 2025
  • Trucking was just emerging from a three-year freight recession brought on by the pandemic.
    Robert Ferris, CNBC, 16 May 2025

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“Trainload.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trainload. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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