Examples of freighter in a Sentence
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Experts say that the death toll was greatly minimized by the two Maryland Transportation Authority police officers who stopped traffic moments before the freighter hit.
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Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 28 Mar. 2024
The desperate effort had been ongoing since the collapse of the bridge about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday after being struck by a freighter.
—Justine McDaniel, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024
In May 1980, the M/V Summit Venture freighter struck a support beam on the Skyway Bridge causing a major collapse that left 35 people dead.
—Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2024
After the ship’s radar was knocked out, the 609-foot freighter hit a support of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, causing a 1,400-foot section of concrete roadway to fall.
—Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 28 Mar. 2024
Sidney Lanier Bridge An 11,000-ton freighter called the African Neptune crashed into a drawbridge over the Brunswick River in coastal southeast Georgia, destroying a 450-foot section of the bridge.
—Aaron Gregg, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2024
More:After 100 years, shipwreck hunters find steel freighter Huronton at bottom of Lake Superior
After discovering the vessel in June 2023, researchers spent the rest of the summer trying to film and accurately identify the wreck.
—Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press, 26 Mar. 2024
The disaster is in some ways similar to the deadly collapse of Florida’s Sunshine Skyway Bridge, which was was struck by a freighter in Tampa Bay in 1980.
—Ben Finley and Brian Witte, Quartz, 29 Mar. 2024
But the secretary noted that many bridges have been designed to better protect against collisions since a freighter struck Florida’s Sunshine Skyway Bridge in 1980, killing 35 people.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2024
Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 28 Mar. 2024
The desperate effort had been ongoing since the collapse of the bridge about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday after being struck by a freighter.
—Justine McDaniel, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024
In May 1980, the M/V Summit Venture freighter struck a support beam on the Skyway Bridge causing a major collapse that left 35 people dead.
—Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2024
After the ship’s radar was knocked out, the 609-foot freighter hit a support of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, causing a 1,400-foot section of concrete roadway to fall.
—Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 28 Mar. 2024
Sidney Lanier Bridge An 11,000-ton freighter called the African Neptune crashed into a drawbridge over the Brunswick River in coastal southeast Georgia, destroying a 450-foot section of the bridge.
—Aaron Gregg, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2024
More:After 100 years, shipwreck hunters find steel freighter Huronton at bottom of Lake Superior
After discovering the vessel in June 2023, researchers spent the rest of the summer trying to film and accurately identify the wreck.
—Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press, 26 Mar. 2024
The disaster is in some ways similar to the deadly collapse of Florida’s Sunshine Skyway Bridge, which was was struck by a freighter in Tampa Bay in 1980.
—Ben Finley and Brian Witte, Quartz, 29 Mar. 2024
But the secretary noted that many bridges have been designed to better protect against collisions since a freighter struck Florida’s Sunshine Skyway Bridge in 1980, killing 35 people.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2024
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“Freighter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freighter. Accessed 2 May. 2024.
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freighter
noun
freight·er
ˈfrāt-ər 
1
: a person who carries or ships freight
2
: a ship or airplane used chiefly to carry freight
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