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Recent Examples of trainload
Modern-day Vanderbilts should expect a trainload of paperwork.
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Lucy Alexander, Robb Report, 30 Apr. 2023
Camps and sanitariums opened for business, and welcomed trainload upon trainload of them.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2022
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
The Russian Defense Ministry released footage of a trainload of armored vehicles leaving Crimea, which Russia seized from Ukraine in 2014.
—Jill Lawless, ajc, 16 Feb. 2022
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Lucy Alexander, Robb Report, 30 Apr. 2023
Camps and sanitariums opened for business, and welcomed trainload upon trainload of them.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2022
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
The Russian Defense Ministry released footage of a trainload of armored vehicles leaving Crimea, which Russia seized from Ukraine in 2014.
—Jill Lawless, ajc, 16 Feb. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trainload
Noun
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Two carloads of the creatures arrived in Kansas City by rail from Miami, Florida, on the morning of May 6.—
Jeremy Drouin,
Kansas City Star,
14 Apr. 2025
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That night, Viola Liuzzo, a 39-year-old mother of five who had driven from Detroit to help protestors was shot and killed by Klansmen driving toward Montgomery to pick up a carload of marchers.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 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
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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
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The film follows twin brothers Smoke and Stack (Michael B. Jordan, in dual roles), two Mississippi exiles who head back down to their hometown with a truckload of Irish beer and whisky stolen from an Illinois mafia.—
India Roby,
Architectural Digest,
9 May 2025
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Veterans arrived en mass to Standing Rock, bringing a massive amount of supplies including winter clothing, food and firewood by the truckload.—
Seiji Yamashita,
CBS News,
19 Mar. 2025
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Yamasa spun off its gambling device business in 2020 and today focuses its core enterprise on plane and cargo ship leasing, solar farms, and the American rental market.—
Jaime Moore-Carrillo,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 May 2025
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Unfortunately, the Planetary Alliance gang insist on treating Murderbot like one of the team, inviting it to ride in their transport vehicle (instead of the cargo bay, where SecUnits usually travel) and giving it a crew uniform to wear when its armor is damaged.—
Kristen Baldwin,
EW.com,
12 May 2025
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Like Desperate Housewives, Wisteria Lane will focus on a group of friends living on a seemingly picture-perfect cul de sac whose facade hides a boatload of secrets.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Apr. 2025
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Spring 2026 offered a boatload of true mermaids, cutting-off below the knee before flaring out into a full fishtail.—
Emily Mercer,
Footwear News,
23 Apr. 2025
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Vince indicated that the increase in the gross margin rate was primarily driven by about 320 basis points due to lower promotional activity in the direct-to-consumer segment and lower discounting, and about 210 basis points related to lower product and freight costs.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
2 May 2025
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This has caused a current drop in air freight demand as companies figure out their tariff strategy.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
1 May 2025
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“Trainload.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trainload. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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