How to Use reefer in a Sentence

reefer

noun
  • Buy a boat, travel the seas, and maybe run a little reefer.
    — Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026
  • The design may also allow more refrigerated containers, commonly known as reefer units, to be carried onboard.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Pure Elevations Canna-Spa is all about R&R – as in reefer and relaxation.
    — Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Chesney even shared in a new Howard Stern interview that the group — stay with us, this isn’t the reefer talking — snuck in a few spoonfuls of Buffett to appropriately pay tribute to their musical godfather.
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2025
  • Large refrigerated shipping containers (reefers) keep vaccines at the proper temperature throughout their journey, from point of manufacture until the moment of vaccination.
    — Sarah Ferguson, Forbes.com, 5 Jan. 2026
  • It is also equipped with advanced energy-management solutions to efficiently power and ventilate refrigerated containers through 1,600 reefer plugs.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 27 May 2026
  • And yet, there haven’t been any reports of reefer madness outbreaks that the editorial seems to portend will result from beverages infused with a relatively small amount of THC being sold as an option at the United Center itself.
    — Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026

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