transit
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On Sunday, the Revolutionary Guards said two ships attempting to transit the strait were stopped.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
The project was a visual representation of how everyday people — often marginalized individuals — navigate transit in a sprawling suburban area.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
The conflict with Iran cut off a key transit route for oil supplies and ignited a new wave of global inflation, but the U.S. economy avoided becoming a major casualty.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
The final planned screening method involved transit filtering.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
Loved the intersecting lines of transit routes on the map, the crisp procession of times on the schedule.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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The transits include a number of ships that would previously have been at risk of being stopped:
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 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
If transits drop below half of prewar levels again, prices could “retest” $90-a-barrel levels, he added.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
In the TOI-791 system, astronomers also detected tiny changes in the timing of the transits caused by the planets' gravitational interactions.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 27, 2026
One morning when Ishmael was eight years old a pair of surveyors had showed up with their transits and alidades and knotted red flagging everywhere.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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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
“Meanwhile, shipping data showed millions of barrels of crude and fuel products transited the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend, reinforcing expectations of improving regional supply flows.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
“Meanwhile, shipping data showed millions of barrels of crude and fuel products transited the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend,” they added.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 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 Gore, J. Ellard
A renewed US blockade on Iranian ports was imposed on Tuesday evening, which stops vessels from transiting to and from Iranian ports and coastal areas.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
The attacks, like previous rounds, were designed to degrade Iran’s ability to launch attacks on commercial vessels transiting the strait and focused on areas near the strait and along the coast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Centcom said the U.S. had helped facilitate the successful transit of more than 800 commercial vessels and 380 million barrels of crude oil since early May, even as Iran threatened ships transiting without its permission.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
News outlets Axios and Politico reported that Washington has given Tehran until Saturday to stop firing on commercial ships transiting Hormuz and acknowledge the waterway is open.
From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026
We observe only his transit; important to us, forgotten by him, transiting all day.
From A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers by Thoreau, Henry David
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