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transport

[trans-pawrt, -pohrt, trans-pawrt, -pohrt] / trænsˈpɔrt, -ˈpoʊrt, ˈtræns pɔrt, -poʊrt /






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COP31 host Turkey is championing a voluntary pledge to boost the electrification of transport, buildings and industry.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026

With tensions between leading economies having grown over the past decade, and armed conflict affecting key transport routes, the ability of businesses to secure supplies of goods has been placed in greater doubt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

The problem is that the U.S. economy is reliant on diesel to transport goods around the country to grocery stores, retailers and other businesses.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026

It became illegal to transport or manufacture laetrile anywhere in the United States.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026

And learned how to telekinetically transport herself, because she was immediately standing in front of him in the kitchen.

From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen

The track was the lead single from her 1989 debut album, “Love Story,” an electrifying project that sonically transports listeners into dramatic telenovela scenarios.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

It has a deep convection zone that transports carbon from its interior to its surface.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

A street serves as a location for destinations like businesses and homes, while a road transports people at high speeds between destinations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

Bereavement, we are shown, transports us, much as art can.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

When it is fairly quiet we can hear the transports behind the enemy lines rolling ceaselessly until dawn.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

Once the fuel is offloaded at Mariel, the tanks and containers are transported by truck to private fuel distributors, who sell it to smaller businesses and individuals across the island.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

“We were immediately just transported into a place of fear,” Diana told me.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026

The finished cells must then be transported back to the hospital and infused into the patient.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026

The man, who is a health worker and has not been identified, landed at RAF Northolt before being transported to a specialist infectious diseases unit at the Royal Free Hospital in north London.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

I know that we’re near the highway, but this almost feels like the countryside or something, like I’ve been transported to a place I’ve only seen in movies.

From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi

The paper reports these are the words one man shouted towards a van transporting the "fallen star" from court after his sentencing, while others in the crowd "hurled abuse and banged on its side".

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

Although they share the same objective, their approaches to transporting astronauts to the lunar surface differ considerably.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

Some experts have questioned whether Russia can meet the schedule for diesel deliveries, in part because of the complexities of transporting the oil within Russia to its ports and thence to its destination.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

Local media reports the dispersal of the motorcade soon afterward, while the driver of the middle vehicle -- usually transporting the politician -- rolls down the window and shows that no one is on board.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

Cross pen- and-pencil sets, records listened to twice and then abandoned, clothes that were too large, too small—that never seemed worth transporting to the increasingly cramped apartments he inhabited over the years.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri


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