shuttle
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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
Two 115-foot-long tubular metal shuttle descent slides whisk visitors from the upper floor of the Endeavour shuttle gallery to the base of the shuttle — a drop of 45 feet in elevation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
This shuttle stack sits in flight configuration, almost exactly as it would look on the cusp of liftoff, besides the yellow torque tubes lining the orbiter’s white shell like external ribs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
But witnessing the shuttle upright — an idea that emerged out of a Science Center master plan over 30 years ago — is an entirely different thing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Nyla and Crick exit the shuttle, and the airlock door vacuum seals behind them.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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It boasted about two-thirds of the nation’s aircraft companies by the end of World War II and later birthed moon-bound Apollo spacecraft and the Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour space shuttles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
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
Mrs. Tilbury swats a playful hand at him and shuttles back to the kitchen.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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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
It shuttled the members of Aztek Nation to events, and in the image caption, Rosales waxes poetic that the van was like a member of the crew.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
A crowd of people shuttled back and forth around them.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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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
With threats mounting, the crown prince is shuttling between heavily guarded palaces equipped with bunkers.
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
“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
Within minutes the car pulled out of the apartment complex and headed toward the airport for a long night of shuttling passengers around.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
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