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shuttle

[shuht-l] / ˈʃʌt l /


VERB
travel back and forth
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Hilton joined others who have criticised the lack of transport infrastructure around the stadium, with the nearest train station a mile's walk away and shuttle buses ferrying fans from the city centre.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

Embraer executives also gave an update on Eve Air Mobility, a subsidiary developing electric "air taxis" designed to shuttle passengers above congested city streets.

From Barron's Aug. 10, 2026

For a family of four, though, $45 for parking plus $160 for early entry is still less than $340 for four tickets for the shuttle bus.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 9, 2026

They’re typically affordable, offer a free shuttle and maybe breakfast, too.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

The shuttle grows eerily silent except for Len whispering something I can’t quite make out.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

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

At Denali, CEO Ryan Watts says that engineering receptor-mediated shuttles has been his life for 20 years.

From Barron's Jun. 3, 2026

The big white buses were jammed to capacity by midday, as were the bus stops, where people often had to wait for several shuttles to pass before one arrived with room.

From Los Angeles Times May 18, 2026

He had bicycle clips and tatting shuttles and Mah Jong sets.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

A surreptitious airport catering truck secretly shuttled Trump to a waiting military plane, which flew him out instead.

From Slate Aug. 11, 2026

Instead of leaving on either that jet or “former” Air Force One, the president secretly hopped into an airport catering truck and shuttled to an Air Force C-32A, a smaller military plane.

From Salon Aug. 11, 2026

Seemingly, all the children of the Valley are being shuttled by their parents toward Stanford, where they will matriculate by hook or by crook.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 12, 2026

For six weeks, she was shuttled with other women between detention sites, including al-Mina al-Bary, a bus depot near the market where the UN said hundreds were held in about 70 shipping containers.

From Barron's Mar. 22, 2026

The wind sliced through the edges of the old, loose windows and shuttled cold air into our bedroom.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez

“I left Paris thinking I’m going to goof off now,” Conlon explained, having for seven of his nine Paris years retained his positions in Cologne, shuttling between two exceptionally demanding jobs.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2026

Scott hopes this shuttling around of his stem cells, a procedure that costs patients $10,000, will rejuvenate his 82-year-old body and ward off the effects of aging.

From Slate Mar. 30, 2026

Stellantis tries to take the edge off for workers hoofing it from outer perimeter lots, shuttling them in from some locations.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 25, 2026

The back-up supply in Biletsky's block meant the lift -- unlike in many buildings -- was still shuttling up and down, and electric pumps were able to send water to the top floors.

From Barron's Feb. 26, 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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