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Recent Examples of shipment
Importers are supposed to notify Cal Fire when a shipment arrives, but a Bee investigation found that the companies linked to the Esparto property shirked that requirement for years.
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Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Flores faced up to 15 years in prison if convicted on charges of conspiracy to commit theft from interstate and foreign shipment and theft from interstate and foreign shipment.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026
Vehicles bound for shipment parked in front of the Dream Angel vehicles carrier ship at the Nagoya Port in Nagoya, Japan, on Tuesday, June 18, 2024.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2026
If delivery times change or shipment quantities shift, the update appears right away for everyone with access.
—Matthew Kayser, Idaho Statesman, 20 Jan. 2026
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Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Flores faced up to 15 years in prison if convicted on charges of conspiracy to commit theft from interstate and foreign shipment and theft from interstate and foreign shipment.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026
Vehicles bound for shipment parked in front of the Dream Angel vehicles carrier ship at the Nagoya Port in Nagoya, Japan, on Tuesday, June 18, 2024.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2026
If delivery times change or shipment quantities shift, the update appears right away for everyone with access.
—Matthew Kayser, Idaho Statesman, 20 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shipment
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This is the third flight of the cargo Dragon that will be outfitted with reboost capacity for the International Space Station for the first time.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Jan. 2026
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Certain brands offer pants in a range of sizes, like Yogipace's on-the-go pants and Baleaf's cargo joggers.—
Nicole Pyles,
Better Homes & Gardens,
30 Jan. 2026
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Allen projects as a three-down linebacker who has the physicality to make plays in the run game, the athleticism to be used in blitz packages and the speed to defend in coverage.—
Joseph Person,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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If the Senate doesn't pass that package of bills by the end of the day Friday, a partial government shutdown will begin.—
Joe Walsh,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Looking ahead to 2026, both Union Pacific and CSX are guiding to a year defined more by execution and cost discipline than by a meaningful freight rebound.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
29 Jan. 2026
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Construction began the same year, with early phases focused on freight operations.—
Keith J Fernandez,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Jan. 2026
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Thousands of protesters met in front of City Hall in the afternoon, before many marched to the federal detention center, where a mob of violent agitators swarmed the area, pushing a large construction dumpster and blocking the entrance to the building's loading dock.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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On January 21st, an ICE vehicle pulled into the loading dock of the high school; in a video of the incident, taken from a classroom window, students can be overheard in a hubbub of jeering, incredulity, and fear.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
31 Jan. 2026
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Guo says the approach can be scaled up to much larger sizes suitable for load-bearing platforms.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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There are loads of cool details hidden throughout the set, too, with refuelling pipes and a moving bridge that connects the tower to the Orion module.—
Ian Stokes,
Space.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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Cotton was a big crop in Savannah before the Civil War, with the city exporting more than half a million bales of cotton a year.—
Jim Halley,
AJC.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Investigators believe the fire started when a combine harvester in an agricultural field sent up some sort of sparks and ignited hay bales.—
Sarah Horbacewicz,
CBS News,
5 Jan. 2026
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Some stayed open to give a break to the protesters from the dangerous cold, providing water, coffee, snacks and hand warmer packets.—
Jack Brook,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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During the 24-hour event, the goal is to make contact with as many other licensed ham operators as possible using various modes, such as voice, Morse code, packet radio, high frequency, low frequency, satellites and even a moon bounce, organizers said.—
Heather McRea,
Oc Register,
26 Jan. 2026
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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 2 Feb. 2026.
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