in transit

Example Sentences

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Those included oil in transit and on-water oil barrels that served as a “stopgap” for the disrupted supply.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

According to the Los Angeles Fire Department, a woman involved in the collision was in critical condition while in transit to the hospital.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026

Birol had earlier warned that the oil crunch would intensify in April as supply constraints deepen, saying that March supplies benefited from shipments already in transit before the conflict began.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

"The measure mainly allows Russian barrels already in transit to complete voyages and discharge," she said in a note, calling it a "wind-down, not reopening."

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

Caught in transit between two organisms, a gene exists momentarily as a pure chemical.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee