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Recent Examples of trainload
Soon thereafter, trainloads of North Korean artillery shells started rolling to Russian troops in Ukraine—by American calculations, as many as one million munitions, or roughly three times what European nations had been able to supply in a whole year.
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Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ, 21 Dec. 2023
Modern-day Vanderbilts should expect a trainload of paperwork.
—Lucy Alexander, Robb Report, 30 Apr. 2023
In the waning days of the war, in April 1865, Confederate President Jefferson Davis fled Richmond with a trainload of what was left of the Confederate treasury in gold and silver.
—Washington Post, 2 May 2022
Camps and sanitariums opened for business, and welcomed trainload upon trainload of them.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2022
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Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ, 21 Dec. 2023
Modern-day Vanderbilts should expect a trainload of paperwork.
—Lucy Alexander, Robb Report, 30 Apr. 2023
In the waning days of the war, in April 1865, Confederate President Jefferson Davis fled Richmond with a trainload of what was left of the Confederate treasury in gold and silver.
—Washington Post, 2 May 2022
Camps and sanitariums opened for business, and welcomed trainload upon trainload of them.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trainload
Noun
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Three carloads of Crips headed for Club 662.—
Gina Barton,
USA Today,
7 Sep. 2025
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The formation of an intercontinental railroad would ideally cut down transit times, particularly by reducing interchange points, where carloads and containers are moved from one railroad to the other.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Fans have been given a wagonload of Duttons since Costner blazed the trail.—
Naledi Ushe,
USA TODAY,
13 Apr. 2023
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Soon 300,000 copies were in circulation, generating plaudits and hate mail by the wagonload.—
James Marcus,
WSJ,
4 Nov. 2022
Noun
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But shiploads of Chinese passengers continued to journey across the ocean, finding ways around the law.—
Michael Luo,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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Giuliani said the fabric was initially used by sailors to cover shiploads, produce sails and eventually worn as workwear.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
14 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Pro Smoker has more than 16,000 products, from commercial truckload smokehouses to home smokers.—
Cathy Kozlowicz,
jsonline.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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Prospective players really haven't received much of an update in the four years since the title was announced, but Wednesday's PlayStation State of Play livestream brought way more footage and a behind-the-scenes video with devs that reveal a truckload of intel.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The challenge was a very physical obstacle course involving cargo nets, wide-step bridges, digging up ladders, opening rope gates and scaling ramps.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 Oct. 2025
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Some of this trade movement has also resulted in more cargo bound for East Coast ports.—
Sarah Jones,
Sourcing Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The day before the Haitians’ arrival in Portland, a boatload with more than a hundred passengers was intercepted in the waters of the Turks and Caicos, located about 136 miles off Haiti’s northern coast.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
23 Sep. 2025
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On a day in which teams across the league put up a boatload of points, this game was something of a defensive struggle.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The project aims to double road capacity across the Thames, ease congestion at the Dartford Crossing, and provide a direct freight route linking the South East ports, the Midlands, and the North.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
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There are economic considerations including freight costs, the cargo transported and how quickly it’s needed, said Klaus Dodds, a geopolitical analyst and senior research fellow at RAND Europe, a research institute.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Trainload.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trainload. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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