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

"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

Those figures don’t include American citizens who have fled to other countries or are still in transit to the U.S., the State Department said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 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