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Recent Examples of wagonloadAdvertisement By 1836, abolitionists' petitions were arriving at the Capitol by the wagonload.—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
The children, their mother and Covington hauled carloads of belongings to their new place.
— Dan Sullivan, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Mar. 2026
Illinois is the nation’s rail hub, ranking first among the states in rail tons and rail carloads moved; half of all container railcars in the nation flow through Chicago.
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
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.
Excluding fuel surcharges, the company’s brokerage division saw revenue per load increase 9 percent year over year, while the truckload unit inched up 3 percent.
— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 20 Apr. 2026
Her endorsements are endless, and companies sell a truckload of her merchandise.
— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2026
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
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.
Brent oil futures prices have averaged around $100 in April, while the spot price for the delivery of actual cargo has hovered closer to $121 per barrel.
— Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
Mynor López was a part of a road maintenance crew filling potholes when the bridge collapsed after being hit by a cargo vessel.
By the end of that show, the anxiety and isolation that freight life in the closet had burned away, leaving a happy, hopeful ending in place of familiar narrative disaster; love is found, secrecy is banished, and all is well.
— Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026
Hybrids still rely on catalytic converters, and heavy-duty freight isn’t going electric overnight.
Consumer response has been mixed, but Apple continues to sell boatloads of iPhones, and users are getting plenty of AI options on those devices —just from other companies.
— Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2026
Stay in an oceanfront cottage, book a paddleboard tour, and eat a boatload of whatever is fresh at seafood shacks like Sam & Omie’s, which has been around since 1937.
But recruitment staff feel an addition is required to cope with the load of Champions League football.
— Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Pollen clings to hair, skin and clothing — skipping the post-school clothing change can actually triple indoor pollen load, per A-Z Pediatrics’ allergy toolkit.