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a considerable amount
he always has a carload of ideas for a new product launch
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Recent Examples of carload
In fewer than 15 minutes, two separate carloads of people pulled up to the John Muir National Historic Site in Martinez last Saturday.
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Martha Ross, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
In the paper, BNSF highlighted that a merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern would control 45 percent of existing freight, citing STB metrics that also indicated that the combined company would move 46 percent of containers and have 43 percent market share of total carload volumes.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 6 Oct. 2025
Three carloads of Crips headed for Club 662.
—Gina Barton, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
And two drive-ins — the Bluemound, at Moorland and Blue Mound roads in Brookfield; and the Starlite, on Highway 145 in Menomonee Falls — were offering admission at $5 a carload.
—Chris Foran, jsonline.com, 20 Aug. 2025
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Martha Ross, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
In the paper, BNSF highlighted that a merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern would control 45 percent of existing freight, citing STB metrics that also indicated that the combined company would move 46 percent of containers and have 43 percent market share of total carload volumes.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 6 Oct. 2025
Three carloads of Crips headed for Club 662.
—Gina Barton, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
And two drive-ins — the Bluemound, at Moorland and Blue Mound roads in Brookfield; and the Starlite, on Highway 145 in Menomonee Falls — were offering admission at $5 a carload.
—Chris Foran, jsonline.com, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carload
Noun
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Because the engine can be controlled during flight, the system does not require the expensive thermal protection systems typically associated with extreme heat loads at hypersonic speeds.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Feb. 2026
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Steyer has loads of his own money to spend on TV ads.—
George Skelton,
Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The second-floor gym has Peloton bikes and tons of natural light.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Feb. 2026
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They’re also made with a grippy sole that provides a ton of traction across several kinds of terrain from airport floors to rainy city streets.—
Jasmine Gomez,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
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If these scenes feel a bit didactic, hammering home everything from the shortage of nurses with SANE training to the dozens of regulations SANEs must follow to protect evidence, their lessons serve as a corrective for many of us who’ve absorbed decades’ worth of rape-as-entertainment.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
27 Feb. 2026
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Employees at one of these newer concepts, Nana’s Dim Sum & Dumplings, fold untold dozens in front of customers.—
Miguel Otárola,
Denver Post,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The neighborhood/area There are four other new hotels on this block (and more to come), and Noelle is the most refined of the bunch.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Feb. 2026
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What a bunch of hypocrites these people are.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
26 Feb. 2026
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More specialized services like Thai massage, Shiatsu massage, and a slew of wraps, facials, and scrubs are available too.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 Feb. 2026
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Five people were in custody and facing a slew of criminal charges Thursday following a pre-dawn police pursuit that wound through Ellis and Tarrant counties before ending in a crash of the suspects’ vehicle in Fort Worth, authorities said.—
Timia Cobb
Breaking News Reporter,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
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With Monday evening performances canceled and piles of snow keeping pedestrians and drivers at bay, total grosses fell to $26,036,589 for the week ending March 1, down from $32M the previous week.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
3 Mar. 2026
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Reduce clutter by addressing any piles of paper and looking through bathroom products for expired or unused items.—
Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
3 Mar. 2026
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The departments of Treasury and Commerce will soon issue the new guidance making clear there are no quantity limits for the oil exports.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
25 Feb. 2026
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The On LightSpray Cloudmonster 3 Hyper will release March 5 through On’s website and North American retail stores in limited quantities.—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
25 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The net retention percentage above 100% shows that customers are expanding their relationship with CrowdStrike and adding new security modules after their initial deal.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
4 Mar. 2026
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Following talks in the Indian capital, the two countries’ prime ministers inked a deal deepening rare-earths cooperation, and pledged to double bilateral trade by the end of the decade.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Carload.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carload. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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