transit

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

One is called transit, when the planet goes in front of the host star.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

The mechanism aims to establish monitoring, inspections, maritime insurance and protocols to facilitate safe, orderly transit through the shipping lane.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

The recent resumption of oil flowing through the Saudi bypass pipeline, followed by accelerating loadings at the port of Yanbu to transit the Red Sea, will unlock more exports.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

When he did finally lift it out, he saw that its crystal had been broken in transit.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger

However, intensifying attacks on vessels in the region have heightened concerns over the safety of transits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 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

Even though we have not increased the number of transits, we have increased the cargo carrying capacity of the vessels, and that’s what brings the revenue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

Unfortunately, transits of Venus, as they are known, are an irregular occurrence.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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

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

At the time of the appearance of the great comet of 1843, it was doubtful whether the comet had transited the sun’s disc.

From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by J. Ellard Gore

He was paid three times his monthly salary for the days transiting in the conflict zone, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 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

The Panama Canal will restrict the number of vessels transiting the crucial waterway from Friday for the second time ever due to drought caused by the El Nino climate phenomenon.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 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

We observe only his transit; important to us, forgotten by him, transiting all day.

From A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers by Henry David Thoreau