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shuttle

[shuht-l] / ˈʃʌt l /


VERB
travel back and forth
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From there, it was a train to one Newark station, a shuttle bus to another and a final train back home.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

In recent years Huang has engaged in a flurry of shuttle diplomacy, dashing between Washington and Beijing, hoping to find a US-approved way back in, and shaping US policy on China along the way.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

The pipes in portable washrooms would have frozen, so the production hired extra drivers to shuttle crew to their hotel bathrooms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 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 shuttle rotates away from the launch port and is lifted back to its docking unit.

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

The JTB shuttles leave exactly 30 minutes after the end of the ninth inning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 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

It shuttles across debris, illuminates a fallen hunk of wall, lights up a twisted piece of shelving.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

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

The mediators shuttled between the two sides throughout the day and completed a round of discussions that the U.S. hopes will prove constructive and promising, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 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

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

The closer victory came the faster we were shuttled around America in pursuit of a role to play in a drama which suddenly, underpopulated from the first, now had too many actors.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles

In China and other East Asian countries especially, robots are an increasingly common sight, shuttling food to customers in chain restaurants and taking on other jobs from cleaning to greeting hotel guests.

From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 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

On platform one, a train shuttling between eastern and western Ukraine arrives a few minutes late.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 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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