in transit

Example Sentences

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In the first three weeks of March, she discovered a fall of 155 million barrels, mainly triggered by a 211 mbpd drop in oil in transit.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

UK foreign minister Yvette Cooper told the BBC around 300,000 Britons were currently in Gulf countries, including tourists, residents, and those in transit.

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

Most of his interviews with Hassabis were in transit, since commutes were the only time of the day when Kohs could get his subject’s focused attention.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026

But Hockney, writing in the Independent, said the "beautiful as well as historically important" masterpiece could be damaged in transit and "will be put in jeopardy if it is moved to London".

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026

They still feel somehow in transit, still disconnected from their lives, bound up in an alternate schedule, an intimacy only the four of them share.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri