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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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In fewer than 15 minutes, two separate carloads of people pulled up to the John Muir National Historic Site in Martinez last Saturday.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
13 Oct. 2025
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In the paper, BNSF highlighted that a merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern would control 45 percent of existing freight, citing STB metrics that also indicated that the combined company would move 46 percent of containers and have 43 percent market share of total carload volumes.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
6 Oct. 2025
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
Noun
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Today, Beck estimates 37 truckloads of granite have arrived at Kinstone.—
Madeline Heim,
jsonline.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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The company's truckload operations also saw a dip in the third quarter as well, with the total loads at 93,853 compared to 106,061 in 2024.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The Air Force's largest military cargo aircraft was used to lift an amphibious screw tractor to the site to help with ice removal.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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The longer the shutdown lasts, the greater the risk of cargo backups at these Texas ports due to unpaid employees calling in sick.—
The NPR Network,
NPR,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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There's a boatload of processing power on tap too.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Nov. 2025
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Probably won’t be at full speed, so don’t expect a boatload of fantasy points in his first game back.—
Kevin Cusick,
Twin Cities,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Union Pacific, a freight rail company, is accused of violating California law after train cars spilled tons of coal last year into the Sierra Nevada’s largest river.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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Investigators believe the group arrived in a truck equipped with a freight lift, which two men used to reach the museum’s window before fleeing on scooters to eastern Paris, where other vehicles were waiting.—
Barney Henderson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Trainload.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trainload. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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