How to Use carrier in a Sentence

carrier

noun
  • 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
  • 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 smaller the running lanes, maybe the less chance opposing ball carriers will have to get that far.
    Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 21 Aug. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • The two carriers are – some -- one of them's already shooting down rockets.
    ABC News, 22 Oct. 2023
  • The carrier was relaunched and remains one of the region’s leading low-cost travel providers.
    Michelle Toh, CNN, 19 Oct. 2023
  • The airline operates more of the planes than any other carrier.
    Peter Vanham, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2024
  • In addition, some airports have been so flooded with flights that carriers have been forced to cut fares to fill planes.
    Niraj Chokshi, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2023
  • The one of the four who pled guilty to stealing muscle cars, robbing male carriers, and stealing and altering checks.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Thirty-one postal carriers were injured, and one of them was killed last year, according to the data.
    David Sharp, BostonGlobe.com, 12 May 2023
  • The government scoffed at the offer, saying those discount carriers have pledged to fly the same routes that Spirit flies now.
    David Koenig, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The carrier said the outage was likely caused by a process error and not a cyberattack.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 29 Feb. 2024
  • That carrier had started flying between the two places last year.
    Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2024
  • On Friday, the carrier said that more than half of its airplanes would not be operating in the coming week.
    Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 22 Oct. 2023
  • In March, a wild turkey attacked a postal carrier in Cambridge.
    Travis Andersen and, BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2023
  • Adding to the mix of variables, pilots from multiple carriers have voted to strike.
    Hannah Sampson, Natalie B. Compton, Anchorage Daily News, 13 May 2023

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