freight train

noun

: a train that carries goods : a train that carries freight

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That’s where a freight train of record-warm water is chugging along. Ben Noll, Washington Post, 20 May 2026 In April, Allen Gallaway’s home in Andover, Kansas, was one block away from getting ripped up by a tornado roaring like a freight train. The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2026 Videos circulating online captured the moment the freight train barreled into a public bus at a crowded railway crossing near an airport station in Bangkok on Saturday. Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026 McGreevy is basically Miles Mikolas, who also had some stretches of success, but there is a reckoning that’s almost certainly coming at him like the proverbial freight train. Michael Salfino, New York Times, 13 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for freight train

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“Freight train.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freight%20train. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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