transit
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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
Because no such "secondary transit" occurred during the observing campaign, this final test was not needed.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
The strait is a key waterway for global energy transit.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
A week later Bobby was back at the Marshall to play in the weekly speed tournament—christened the “Tuesday Night Rapid Transit” in homage to the New York City rapid transit subway system.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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The number of transits through Hormuz fell to 10 on Monday, according to ship-tracking firm Kpler.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 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
Activity in the southern corridor, approved by the United Nations’ maritime agency and watched over by the U.S. military, has helped transits return to about a third of their prewar levels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Months of uninterrupted darkness made it possible to observe the planets' unusually long transits, each lasting more than 11 hours, without interruption.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 27, 2026
Unfortunately, transits of Venus, as they are known, are an irregular occurrence.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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More than a third of the 101 vessels that transited the strait used a lane that hugs the Iranian coast, according to commercial-ship tracker Kpler.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Before the war began, Kpler data showed that more than 100 vessels carrying oil and other goods transited through the waterway per day.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
Many of the tankers that have transited the strait in recent days have been linked with Iran following the lifting of the US naval blockade as part of the deal.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 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
We hear of him but once again until he, the Sun-God, or Savior, is thirty years old, or has transited thirty degrees of space.
From The Light of Egypt; or, the science of the soul and the stars — Volume 2 by Burgoyne, Thomas H.
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
Most have been sparked by disagreements over the Strait of Hormuz, which Tehran insists it must have control over and has expressed a desire to charge fees for transiting it.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
The process is managed by the Persian Gulf Strait Authority, which Iran set up to collect tolls from ships transiting the strait.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
The latest escalation began earlier in the week when Iran launched missiles and drones on three ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz, including a liquefied natural-gas tanker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 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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