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Recent Examples of wagonload
Advertisement By 1836, abolitionists' petitions were arriving at the Capitol by the wagonload.
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Time, 24 Sep. 2025
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
Harvey’s was serving 500 wagonloads of the tasty bivalves a week.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2018
Time, 24 Sep. 2025
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
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
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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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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
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As trainloads of Jews were sent to concentration camps like Auschwitz-Birkenau and Treblinka in 1942 and 1943, Polish police participated in the Nazi evacuations of these ghettos, rounding Jews up, killing anyone who resisted and sometimes even conducting the evacuations themselves.—
Zev Stub,
Sun Sentinel,
12 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Then last week, pantry director Jesse Sharrard got a call from the food bank that a truckload was on the way.—
Lauren Linder,
CBS News,
7 Jan. 2026
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Now lawmakers believe that a major uptick in bottle returns is most likely being caused by out-of-state traffickers hauling in truckloads of bottles to be returned.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
2 Jan. 2026
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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Three interior pockets keep everything organized, while the tote’s zip closure ensures your precious cargo stays secure.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Jan. 2026
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Later that night, Pine visits the weapons site with his former hotel colleague and members of the Muslim Brotherhood, who rig the cargo trucks with cell-phone detonating explosives.—
Jake Kring-Schreifels,
Time,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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If approved by federal regulators, the merger would create the nation's first transcontinental railroad company controlling nearly half of American rail freight.—
Emma Hurt,
AJC.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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Echo Global Logistics is rolling out customs brokerage services for cross-border freight swapped between the North American countries.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Hard to be anything else after five Emmy wins, including for best drama series, boatloads of critical acclaim and a genuine impact on our zeitgeist, from the memes to the fan fiction to all the chat at whatever your personal version of the water cooler is.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
8 Jan. 2026
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The new year boasts a boatload of inaugural seasons.—
David Dickstein,
Oc Register,
31 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Gafford, who was recently reinserted into the starting lineup alongside Davis, will be called upon to shoulder more of the load on both ends of the floor, particularly defensively.—
Mike Curtis,
Dallas Morning News,
10 Jan. 2026
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As more loads were seized through the summer and fall of 2024, Wedding began to rely increasingly on one of Toronto’s most colorful criminal defense attorneys, Deepak Paradkar, for information, according to the indictment.—
Jesse Hyde,
Rolling Stone,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Wagonload.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wagonload. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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