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Recent Examples of trainload
From midnight until noon today trainloads of people arrived.
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Kevin Dayhoff, Baltimore Sun, 6 July 2024
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.
—Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ, 21 Dec. 2023
Modern-day Vanderbilts should expect a trainload of paperwork.
—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
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Kevin Dayhoff, Baltimore Sun, 6 July 2024
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.
—Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ, 21 Dec. 2023
Modern-day Vanderbilts should expect a trainload of paperwork.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trainload
Noun
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One person came through with a whole carload, a staff member says.—
Leah Asmelash,
CNN Money,
28 Jan. 2026
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But Associated Press staff saw carloads of agents in northeast Minneapolis, as well as the northern suburb of Little Canada.—
Mike Catalini,
Fortune,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Advertisement By 1836, abolitionists' petitions were arriving at the Capitol by the wagonload.—
Time,
Time,
24 Sep. 2025
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Fans have been given a wagonload of Duttons since Costner blazed the trail.—
Naledi Ushe,
USA TODAY,
13 Apr. 2023
Noun
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Experts with knowledge on the transaction told Reuters that the purchase volume was small, only amounting to 3 cargoes, or shiploads, of soybeans, and that demand for the crop from the U.S. isn’t expected to significantly increase in the near future after recent large purchases from South America.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
30 Oct. 2025
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Adding insult to injury, Argentina has suspended its export tax and was rewarded with Chinese orders last month for 20 shiploads of soybeans, deepening a market downturn for American growers.—
Patricia Lopez,
Mercury News,
14 Oct. 2025
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Shane Leistikow drove through the night, bringing a truckload of live fish to a canal in the heart of the Valley at dawn.—
Sarah Henry,
AZCentral.com,
14 Feb. 2026
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Order thousands of truckloads of mafia-payoff concrete.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 Feb. 2026
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This aerial view shows the Taiwanese cargo ship Yang Ming sailing out of the Panama Canal on the Pacific side in Panama City on October 6, 2025.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
13 Feb. 2026
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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,
13 Feb. 2026
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One Florida resident reportedly hired a local mover without bothering to determine if the company was licensed, only to run into a boatload of trouble.—
Lew Sichelman,
Miami Herald,
5 Feb. 2026
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The Leafs gave up a boatload for Carlo less than a year ago, moving a first-round pick, a fourth-round pick and one of their top prospects in Fraser Minten, who has blossomed into a key player for the Bruins this season.—
James Mirtle,
New York Times,
31 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The Red Sea return would shorten transit times on the route by 19 days, but less time at sea will also weigh on freight rates.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
5 Feb. 2026
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This does not negate the need for moving more freight across the country more efficiently.—
Caleb Jacobs,
The Drive,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Trainload.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trainload. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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