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transit

[tran-zit, -sit] / ˈtræn zɪt, -sɪt /


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“My priority is to make transit safe, affordable, fast, and reliable, so more Angelenos can avoid the high cost of car payments, insurance, and gas,” she said in the statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

Important Note: If there are any changes to the voyage of the vessel that has received a transit clearance, please inform us.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Transportation analysts believe Raman, who has a graduate degree in urban planning from MIT, will be more aggressive in addressing transit issues than Bass, whose background was in healthcare and community organizing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

We apply for safe transit via Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

They caught a transit brachy down Flatbush Avenue toward the river, clinging to the side stirrups amidst grumbling morning commuters of all colors and classes.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older

But its ability to deter transits has faded, weakening Tehran’s leverage with the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

So-called assisted transits were a key factor in helping drive oil flows from the Middle East back towards pre-war levels in September.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 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

She tracked the regulars on their daily transits through the park, assembling notes and speculations like the compilers of her almanacs.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

Following the latest case in Nigeria, Uganda's health ministry said preliminary information indicated that the patient had transited through Uganda without symptoms.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 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

Ship trackers say roughly a third of the vessels that have transited the strait during August have used the Iranian-administered route along the northern reaches of the waterway.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 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

The other half would actually be satellites transiting the sky.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Ugandan officials had previously said the patient in Nigeria had travelled to eastern DR Congo, only transiting through Uganda.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

A Singapore-flagged container ship has sunk after being struck by an unknown projectile while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, according to Singaporean authorities.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

Most of the ships attacked recently were transiting through a southern route under U.S. protection near Oman.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 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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