This led to my failure to recollect whether I approved an arms shipment before or after the fact.

CNN: Iran-Contra Affair

We were making quality clothes for stores in Manhattan, and every item had to be neatly ironed before being wrapped up for shipment.

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General Motors has worked with U.S. Customs on a pilot project that puts transponders in trucks to zap data about the shipment and driver to agents before the truck crosses the border.

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She expected a shipment of the dolls in the next day and expects it will be on store shelves before the end of the week.

BBC: Dubya doll flies off shelves