transit
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Being in a busy location like Warner Center with growing access to mass transit offers tenants more opportunities to engage with the city.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
The fighting spilled into August, with Iran striking six United Arab Emirates ships over the past two weeks as they tried to transit the Strait of Hormuz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei told reporters in Tehran "an understanding has been reached regarding the map of the transit route".
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Tehran signalled last week that it had agreed with Oman a route for ships to transit the strait and were finalising arrangements to jointly manage the waterway.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
Before I traveled, staffers drove the routes I’d take to venues, timing my transit down to the minute, scheduling my bathroom breaks in advance.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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The NSR is believed to be accessible only during the time of year when the ice is melted enough to allow transits without icebreakers.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
Vessels could still navigate, but with much smaller loads, making the transits less economically viable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
But the route is only accessible during the time of the year when the ice is melted enough to allow transits without icebreakers.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
The number of ships using this Omani route grew to a peak of 28 vessels on 25 June, Kpler's data shows, overtaking the number of transits via the Iranian route.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
It transits, pauses, continues on and passes out of sight, and I see despair coming towards me like famine.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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And despite the overall lull in the fighting, Iran fired drones at oil tankers from the United Arab Emirates, another U.S. ally, as they transited the Strait of Hormuz this month.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
Last year, 23 container ships transited through, up from 15 in 2024, according to shipping analysis from business insurer Allianz Commercial.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
Before the war, about 25% of the world’s seaborne oil trade transited through the strait.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
Qatar's foreign ministry spokesperson Majed Al Ansari said it held Iran "fully responsible" for an apparent targeted attack on a vessel called Al-Rekayyat as it transited near the Strait.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
At the time of the appearance of the great comet of 1843, it was doubtful whether the comet had transited the sun’s disc.
From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by J. Ellard Gore
An average of just 10 to 20 vessels a day are transiting the strait, compared with about 130 before the war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The state-linked Fars News Agency reported on X that a tanker “has been detained,” noting that Iran requires shipowners transiting the waterway to pay transit fees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Environmental groups warn that increasing numbers of ships transiting the shorter NSR could accelerate loss of Arctic sea ice -- already made vulnerable by rising global temperatures.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
The catering vehicle can then be seen transiting in the distance to the smaller C-32A aircraft.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Every nation bears responsibility for the people and goods transiting its borders.
From National Strategy for Combating Terrorism February 2003 by United States. Executive Office of the President
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