Etymology
Origin of trainload
Example Sentences
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Last week, Russia sent North Korean leader Kim Jong-un a trainload of 30 thoroughbred horses, opening the border with its neighbor for the first time in 2½ years.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 7, 2022
One crew member on a high-speed train has close contact with an infected person, and a trainload of passengers is sent to quarantine for mass testing.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2021
They hang next to a vitrine featuring significant books that arrived by the trainload in San Marino that year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2019
Many were nervous after Hungary tried to transport a trainload of migrants heading for Austria into a camp on Thursday.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 5, 2015
Bosses hauled in a trainload of strikebreakers to replace the workers.
From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell
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