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teleport

[tel-uh-pawrt, -pohrt] / ˈtɛl əˌpɔrt, -ˌpoʊrt /
VERB
travel without physically crossing the distance
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We may not be able to teleport, either physically or via hologram, but we can Zoom or video chat with pretty much anyone anywhere.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 14, 2026

“It’s as if you teleport yourself to the answer, but you have no idea how you got there,” he says.

From Slate Aug. 15, 2023

The founder of the Michigan-based technology company Aperture Science, he’s invented a portal gun that allows people to teleport to various locations.

From Science Magazine Jan. 19, 2023

When asked by a reporter if, in 10,000 years, it will be possible to teleport one’s own body to another place, he answered that the teleportation of people is “science fiction.”

From Washington Post Oct. 4, 2022

“You want to teleport us someplace inside the Bureau?” asks Elsie.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

Then, in a very early area, you can encounter an item that teleports you to a new location.

From The Verge Apr. 4, 2022

Opened by Franco Noriega and Milan Kelez in 2016, this West Village hot spot teleports you to a tropical oasis thanks to the vibrant greenery, strong cocktails, and live Latin music.

From Fox News Feb. 13, 2022

"You got some kind of food or something that just teleports you right back home, makes you feel all warm and fuzzy?"

From Salon Nov. 6, 2021

The real treat is how the food teleports me back to the memory of my grandmothers’ meals.

From Seattle Times Sep. 21, 2021

I go for Zelda because she teleports and deflects projectiles and shoots fireballs from great distances, which are all optimal moves for any player looking to avoid hand-to-hand combat.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

One theory is that today’s 20-year-olds were just launching into teenhood when the pandemic teleported them from their classrooms to isolated computer screens.

From Los Angeles Times May 28, 2026

For the first time, they successfully teleported the polarization state of a single photon from one quantum dot to another that was physically separated.

From Science Daily Apr. 30, 2026

When Langton alerted me to the comments and I watched a video of them, I was instantly teleported back 30 years.

From Seattle Times Jun. 7, 2023

When I first walked into the studio, I felt like I'd teleported inside a movie.

From Salon Oct. 15, 2022

The word about Frobozz was out, and every gunter with the means had already teleported there.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

And he had saved many sailors by flying through the sky to their aid during storms, calming the waves, trimming the sails, grasping the drowning by their hair and teleporting them to land.

From Slate Dec. 15, 2024

"In virtual environments, teleportation can lead to reduced spatial awareness, forcing users to reorient themselves after teleporting and can cause them to miss important elements in their surroundings," says Medlar.

From Science Daily May 14, 2024

She recently told olympics.org that if she could pick a superpower, “I think teleporting would be real cool.”

From Seattle Times Jul. 24, 2023

In a show that features everyday encounters with sex ghosts, time travel and a non-binary hero who is teleporting a community sheltering extraordinary outcasts, ravenous zombie butts are on brand.

From Salon Dec. 8, 2022

“Traveler, I’m teleporting to you. Stitches will send you an invite to our guild and we’ll walk you through the starting zone.”

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows



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