Example Sentences

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The hiking cycle also stressed banks that had loaded up on long-dated Treasurys when yields were near zero.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

The ship had loaded 1.8 million barrels of crude oil at Venezuela’s Jose terminal and had been signaling its destination as Malaysia at the point it was intercepted, one of the officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

After the packers had loaded the last box into the shipping container outside my home, we stood together in the sunshine.

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2023

The ATF would later determine that the bomb squad had loaded the vessel with 39.8 pounds of explosives.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2023

By then they had loaded Big Joe into the hearse and the rest of us got into the limousines and we started up to Jackie Robinson Memorial Park.

From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers