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  • noun Plural form of carload.

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Examples

  • There have been other meat recalls in the US but the carloads was the one that gained greatest prominence.

    Conservative Ideology Puts Canadian Food Safety At Risk 2008

  • It falls short of the week ending July 31, which hit 300,292 carloads, which is the best weekly carload output for all of 2010, and is slightly less than the week ending

    LM Editorial 2010

  • And for the first 16 weeks of 2009, the AAR said U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 4,286,128 carloads, which is down 18.0 percent from the first 16 weeks of 2008.

    unknown title 2009

  • Over the first 36 weeks of 2009, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 9,549,297 carloads, which is down 18.4 percent year-over-year.

    Logistics Management Logistics - Best Practices News 2009

  • Over the first 36 weeks of 2009, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 9,549,297 carloads, which is down 18.4 percent year-over-year.

    Logistics Management Logistics - Best Practices News 2009

  • And for the first 16 weeks of 2009, the AAR said U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 4,286,128 carloads, which is down 18.0 percent from the first 16 weeks of 2008.

    unknown title 2009

  • Pretax profit at Burlington Northern rose 9.7% to $1.24 billion, though the company noted that carloads were down 2% from a year earlier.

    Berkshire Net Falls 24%; Operating Profit Gains Erik Holm 2011

  • One witness said four carloads of young African-Caribbean men had cruised down Dudley Road and suggested there had been no doubt what they were planning to loot.

    England riots: pressure to scrap police cuts as Birmingham mourns its dead 2011

  • The sound of automatic weapons being fired defiantly into the air echoed through the square for hours as carloads of pro-Gadhafi supporters — many with children in tow — crammed the streets leading to the plaza.

    Libyan leader Gadhafi says NATO will not win 2011

  • Riot police watched while the group chanted and carloads of people waving green flags honked horns and declared their love for Col.

    Gadhafi Forces Seek to Widen Grip Margaret Coker 2011

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