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Daryl was able to get to France on a freighter.
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Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Andrew Pepler — the great-great-great grandson of James Carruthers, the shipping executive after whom a sunken freighter was named — said the news that the missing ship was finally found overwhelmed him with a flood of emotions.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Russia's Progress cargo freighters often use their own thrusters to raise the lab's altitude or steer it out of the way of space junk.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 25 Aug. 2025
Museumgoers can also explore a huge freighter and tugboat, docked along the Maumee River outside the museum.
—Jeri Clausing, AFAR Media, 22 Aug. 2025
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Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Andrew Pepler — the great-great-great grandson of James Carruthers, the shipping executive after whom a sunken freighter was named — said the news that the missing ship was finally found overwhelmed him with a flood of emotions.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Russia's Progress cargo freighters often use their own thrusters to raise the lab's altitude or steer it out of the way of space junk.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 25 Aug. 2025
Museumgoers can also explore a huge freighter and tugboat, docked along the Maumee River outside the museum.
—Jeri Clausing, AFAR Media, 22 Aug. 2025
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“Freighter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freighter. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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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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