transit
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The proposed 10 billion ringgit Johor elevated transit network could further boost construction across Greater Johor Bahru when completed in 2030-2031, he adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
You can watch your future grocery bill in transit: The stage of the producer-price index furthest from your cart rose 3.2% in May, the biggest jump since 2009.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
But public transit advocates have argued that the updates will improve traffic overall for the Games and beyond.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Middlesbrough Council said a number of schools had chosen to close for the teenager's funeral, including a primary school which said it would "ensure safe transit home for all our families".
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
One weekend a few months after he’d moved, I heard on my car radio that a vicious blizzard had hit Chicago, closing the airports, shutting down public transit, stranding cars on highways.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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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
Now that we are starting to reduce the number of transits to nine per day, that auction slot becomes more desirable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
In 2023, El Nino forced a reduction in daily transits from 38 to 22 due to the dramatic reduction in reservoir levels.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
That follows zero such transits in 2025 and is on pace to exceed the 15 recorded in 2024.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 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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On Tuesday, for example, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said 17 million barrels of crude oil transited Hormuz Monday, which is not far off the 20 million barrels daily average before the disruption began in March.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 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
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
In peacetime, about a fifth of the world’s supply of crude and crude products transited through Hormuz.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
And it was all untrue; I found out afterwards how they were transited.
From The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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
The Saudi national shipping company, Bahri, confirmed on Wednesday that its vessel Sidr was "involved in a security incident while transiting the Strait of Hormuz".
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Per the report, the Saudi Arabian-flagged Sidr, which is a large crude carrier operated by the country’s national shipping company, Bahri, was struck as it was transiting east of Khasab, Oman.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
Ships transiting the Panama Canal book their passage well in advance, and ships without bookings wait an average of five days to get through, but there is an auction where last-minute transits can be purchased.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
We will expand our global capability for detecting illicit materials, weapons, and personnel transiting abroad or heading for the United States or U.S. interests overseas.
From National Strategy for Combating Terrorism September 2006 by National Security Council (U.S.)
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