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Recent Examples of shipment
The animal, discovered among a shipment of automobiles, is now being cared for at the Bronx Zoo.
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Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2026
But at street level, where the volume is expanded by cutting agents and sold in single-gram doses, such a shipment could have been valued at $650,000 each.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 6 Mar. 2026
This particular shipment likely set sail from Quanzhou, a port on China’s eastern coast that was close to the creative heartlands in the Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces, bound for Temasek, according to Flecker.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 28 Feb. 2026
Officers then opened the shipment and found the swords and arrowheads, according to CBP.
—Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
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Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2026
But at street level, where the volume is expanded by cutting agents and sold in single-gram doses, such a shipment could have been valued at $650,000 each.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 6 Mar. 2026
This particular shipment likely set sail from Quanzhou, a port on China’s eastern coast that was close to the creative heartlands in the Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces, bound for Temasek, according to Flecker.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 28 Feb. 2026
Officers then opened the shipment and found the swords and arrowheads, according to CBP.
—Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shipment
Noun
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Comparable cargo e-bikes like the Rad Power RadWagon ($2,399) and the Specialized Haul ST ($2,700) will run you significantly more.—
Erica Zazo,
Outside,
27 Mar. 2026
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The last cargo ships that left the Gulf before the war started have nearly all reached their destination in Asia, which is likely to face the first visible demand losses in April, according to JPMorgan.—
Chloé Farand,
semafor.com,
27 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Full season, half season and quarter season packages are available.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
31 Mar. 2026
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New subscribers can purchase subscription packages in early summer, and single tickets will go on sale sometime after that.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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But the sector is reliant on just-in-time air freight, and routes have become longer and more expensive because of the Iran war’s disruption to Gulf air hubs, forcing some producers to discard as much as half of their flowers.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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The Swedish retailer has a relatively low exposure to the Middle East, with about 3% of its stores in the region and a low share of air freight in its supply chain.—
Elsa Ohlen,
CNBC,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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On Sunday, Ukrainian drones attacked Primorsk, Russia's largest oil export port on the Baltic Sea, damaging an oil reservoir and oil loading infrastructure, Ukraine's general staff said in a social media post.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 Mar. 2026
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The shooter and his pals passed the gun to each other in a bedroom, loading and unloading the ammo, prosecutors say.—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Now, Nicasio and other students' work is paying off, giving people a place to take a load off.—
Brady Halbleib,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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More income meant more leverage, the thinking went, and more ability to negotiate a fairer split of the cooking, cleaning, laundry, childcare, pet care—the whole to-do list and mental load of running a household.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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During the show, she can be heard noting that a hammerhead shark appears to be pursuing a bale of fake cocaine.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2026
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The artificial ice would be surrounded by bales of hay to provide a safety barrier for skaters.—
Cary Goodman,
New York Daily News,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Seven stacks of tiny paper cups were arranged to the left, next to packets of Nescafé, pouches of two-minute noodles, and a double gas burner connected to the cylinder—the main tool of his trade.—
Nathan Heller,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Another example is paper packets for snacks like biscuits and chips.—
Etiido Uko
March 28,
New Atlas,
28 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Cargill built a large soybean-lading facility at Santarem, some 500 miles up the Amazon.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
4 Jan. 2026
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One example can be as simple as shipments that are missing bills of lading or origin documents.—
Forbes,
Forbes,
1 June 2021
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“Shipment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shipment. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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