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shuttle

[shuht-l] / ˈʃʌt l /


VERB
travel back and forth
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There’s a great view of Endeavour’s mammoth shuttle stack through the windshield for parents to admire while their kids go bonkers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

The 115-foot-long shuttle descent slide at the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center goes very fast.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Olivas didn’t fly on the Endeavour, but he did fly two missions, one on the shuttle Atlantis and one on Discovery, for a total of almost 28 days.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

One of the most rewarding experiences in the museum is taking an elevator ride 140 feet up the the launch tower, which is directly next to Endeavour and provides up-close views of the shuttle stack.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

That’s where I should be walking off the shuttle hand in hand with him.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

From AI-assisted trains to autonomous road shuttles, Germany's rail operator Deutsche Bahn -- long the country's laughingstock for its poor punctuality -- is working on the future of mobility.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Captain Tracy Batteese shuttles people and goods to and from Isle au Haut on the mail boat, which also functions as the island’s de facto ambulance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Graham shuttles off this mortal coil with no such vindication.

From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026

Moxi – which shuttles medical supplies around hospitals – might respond by displaying its heart-shaped LED eyes and a beep beep greeting of its own.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

Because the light is still on in my room, I can see that someone has drawn space shuttles on the cupcakes with frosting.

From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick

With attacks now almost daily, MBS is being shuttled from bomb shelter to bomb shelter in Jeddah, according to a knowledgeable international source.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

It might feel bad seeing other kids being shuttled from hobby to hobby, but that doesn’t mean you’re doing a bad job as a parent because yours must pick one at a time.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

Witkoff later confirmed on X that the talks had been held "through the mediators, who shuttled between the two sides throughout the day".

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

After being shuttled in less than half an hour between aggressive air conditioning, a muggy Chicago street and the temperate library, the cup had begun producing condensation at an alarming rate.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

“Must have anchored off site and shuttled in.”

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi

But the gas remains underdeveloped because shuttling it to domestic markets via pipeline would be costly and logistically daunting, as would liquefying it and shipping it internationally from where it is produced.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

Tau operates a fleet of eight robots, shuttling them around the city two at a time in a blue Honda minivan.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

To keep exports flowing from Gulf Arab states, the US military has been providing protection for tankers shuttling oil through the Strait of Hormuz.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

“We are definitely seeing Saudi loading more crude out of Ras Tanura and shuttling it through,” said Richard Matthews, director of consulting and research at shipbroker E.A.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Farid must have seen my stupefied expression; shuttling people back and forth to Kabul, he would have become familiar with that expression on the faces of those who hadn’t seen Kabul for a long time.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini


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