transit
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This comes as Tehran maintains a chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway for global energy and fertilizer transit.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
Regional authorities halted public transit in Kramatorsk and nearby Slovyansk after the strike, citing the rising danger.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
“Our transit systems must be safe for every driver, commuter and community member,” Hochman said in the statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
One is called transit, when the planet goes in front of the host star.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
And then the frosted doors slide open and once again they are officially there, no longer in transit, swallowed by hugs and kisses and pinched cheeks and smiles.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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As the conflict between the U.S. and Iran escalated this year, the canal registered an increase in transits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Most confirmed exoplanets have instead been found through transits.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
Hormuz transits are hard to measure, mostly because ships transiting the strategic waterway turn off their GPS-like signals for security measures and to avoid Iranian attacks.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
We also told the shipping industry that we were dropping from 36 transits per day to 34 on September 4th and then to 32 on September 15th.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 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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It said the Kenyan Ebola patient had transited through the country for less than 24 hours and screening teams had "observed he had a normal temperature at the time of departure".
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
In the interview, Trump said that the largest volume of oil since the war began had transited the strait over the weekend, at more than 20 million barrels.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
Analysts at data-platform company Kpler said Friday that no crude liquids from Saudi Arabia had transited Bab al-Mandeb since Sunday.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
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
The great comet of 1882 transited the sun’s disc on Sunday, September 17, of that year, the ingress taking place at 4h 50m 58s, Cape mean time.
From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by J. Ellard Gore
Signs that tankers are transiting the Strait of Hormuz and renewed diplomatic efforts have encouraged oil traders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
One way crude and a certain amount of crude products are leaving the Persian Gulf and transiting Hormuz is through ship-to-ship transfers.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
Each transiting ship requiers about 200 million liters of water, which is then discharged into the sea.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
In July, Maldives Airports Company said it recorded a historic high in its daily cargo volume transiting through the airport by shipping a record 126 tons of freight in one day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Pain, and seeing two bright objects transiting the darkness at which he looked; seeing something then between.
From A Gift For Terra by Fox B. Holden
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