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transporting

NOUN
shipping
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Because transporting oil is a slow process, price movements in the wholesale markets take about a fortnight to show at the pump.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

The research highlights how everyday human activities, including purchasing, cultivating, and transporting mushrooms, can unintentionally introduce invasive species into new environments.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2026

"Overnight, U.S. forces carried out a maritime interdiction and right-of-visit boarding of the sanctioned stateless vessel M/T Majestic X transporting oil from Iran, in the Indian Ocean," it said on X.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

The bass have consumed so many fingerlings that state officials have resorted to the ridiculous extreme of transporting baby salmon in tanker trucks, from upstream hatcheries to downstream locations closer to the San Francisco Bay.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

And he gave them to Milo, who immediately began transporting one grain at a time.

From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster