wagonload

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Recent Examples of wagonload Fans have been given a wagonload of Duttons since Costner blazed the trail. Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2023 Soon 300,000 copies were in circulation, generating plaudits and hate mail by the wagonload. James Marcus, WSJ, 4 Nov. 2022 Before purchasing a wagonload of rose plants, and then scratching your head over what to do with those scraggly things, read up for tips on how to prepare a proper home for your rose bushes. Patricia S York, Southern Living, 25 Mar. 2021 Sometimes Natives and newcomers, the white families lurching in by the wagonload as the century turned, coexisted. Caitlin Fitz, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2020 A few weeks later, an eager group of 40 middle schoolers from the St Joseph’s Camp S*MILE summer program also lent a hand and set a summer record by gathering three wagonloads of corn during their visit to First Fruits Farm. Melissa Whatley, baltimoresun.com, 3 Sep. 2019 And there are still two wagonloads of hay In the cut fields that need to be brought in Out of the risks of the weather, Bales well-cured and dry, sweet stuff. Hartford Courant, courant.com, 11 Mar. 2018 The name, however, has a longer history because the location once housed the Cuban restaurant Victor’s Cafe; near the front door there’s still a mural of oxen pulling a wagonload of sugar cane. Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2018 Harvey’s was serving 500 wagonloads of the tasty bivalves a week. John Kelly, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wagonload
Noun
  • Three carloads of Crips headed for Club 662.
    Gina Barton, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • The trainload of passengers, now kitted out for a jungle excursion, stepped out into tropical heat and loaded into a caravan of open-air jeeps to explore the park.
    Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 16 July 2025
  • North Korea delivered trainloads of weapons and ammunition, including millions of artillery rounds and ballistic missiles and launchers, in direct violation of multiple UN Security Council resolutions.
    Antony J. Blinken, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Colossal noted that since the shop has received its last truckload of ingredients, there will be a few missing items from their menu.
    Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Shaman Botanicals also manufactures 7-OH by the truckload for many other brands selling the drug — a role that has made Sanders a godfather-like figure in this emerging market.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But shiploads of Chinese passengers continued to journey across the ocean, finding ways around the law.
    Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
  • 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
  • Sierra Nevada ultimately lost out on the Commercial Crew competition to Boeing and SpaceX, but in 2016, a cargo version of Dream Chaser was on-ramped onto a NASA program to deliver cargo to the space station.
    Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Meanwhile, this past weekend, reports emerged that two American military cargo jets deported people to Africa on flights that appear to have had their transponders turned off, preventing tracking by obscuring their locations from public flight databases and other nearby aircraft.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The partnership is aimed at strengthening the companies' services as the freight rail industry becomes increasingly competitive — particularly as Union Pacific moves ahead with its plans to acquire Norfolk Southern to create a transcontinental railroad.
    Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Shipping delays across ocean and air freight are anticipated as some of South China’s largest logistics hubs come back online Thursday.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Zwift has announced its latest seasonal update, and among a boatload of changes and additions are a massive expansion of its New York game world and an injection of the flavour of the month, AI.
    Andrew Williams, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Yield strength describes the point at which a material permanently deforms under stress, marking the boundary between elastic flexibility and structural failure – crucial for engineers designing load-bearing structures.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Sleek and minimal in design, this pack helps keep your load light and orderly.
    Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 25 Sep. 2025

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“Wagonload.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wagonload. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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