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Thousands of white people began to pour into Owensboro by passenger train, freight train, bus, car, airplane, and on foot.
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Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Additional investigation by weather service meteorologists in consultation with other scientists led to the upgrade, mainly based on the damage the tornado did to a freight train.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
Wagner, especially, is a freight train on the move.
—Fred Katz, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
The conversation continues on the cabin’s rickety porch, witnessed only by a symphony of crickets, cicadas and the occasional freight train passing in the night.
—Rachel Hale, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
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Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Additional investigation by weather service meteorologists in consultation with other scientists led to the upgrade, mainly based on the damage the tornado did to a freight train.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
Wagner, especially, is a freight train on the move.
—Fred Katz, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
The conversation continues on the cabin’s rickety porch, witnessed only by a symphony of crickets, cicadas and the occasional freight train passing in the night.
—Rachel Hale, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
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 21 Oct. 2025.
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