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shuttle

[shuht-l] / ˈʃʌt l /


VERB
travel back and forth
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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

In the heat and humidity of Florida’s Kennedy Space Center, that meant the shuttle stack would start to drip like a water bottle on a muggy day.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Astronaut Danny Olivas explains the space shuttle program’s significance and what it means for Endeavour to return to launch position in Southern California.

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

As he steps out, the shuttle door slides shut.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

Deutsche Bahn is considering replacing its regional bus lines with autonomous shuttles, but sees a possible rollout only toward 2045.

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

Mrs. Tilbury swats a playful hand at him and shuttles back to the kitchen.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

A key player was national security adviser Jonathan Powell, who shuttled between Washington and Kyiv pouring oil on troubled waters.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 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

Prada shuttled more big spenders to Milan last week than it did for its previous womenswear show in February.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Guests were shuttled to the Storm King Art Center, where we were greeted with Blank Street Coffee and lavender vanilla scoops from Laz’s Ice Cream.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

“Must have anchored off site and shuttled in.”

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi

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

The 41-year-old crown prince is shuttling between heavily guarded palaces equipped with bunkers and is guarded by a handpicked security team, officials familiar with his movements said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 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

Each day he tends to the files of nondescript individuals, shuttling between separate archives of the living and the dead.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

She spends her off time shuttling Christopher to and from school or to Little League practice in her new Chevrolet sport utility vehicle, an early benefit of her higher paychecks.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times


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