transit
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The transit technique, which is expected to uncover roughly 100,000 worlds, is particularly effective at detecting large, extremely hot planets.
From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026
“These revenues fund vital programs, promote climate resilience, clean transit and transportation, and public health, especially in the most heavily exposed frontline communities.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026
Brent crude oil for July delivery fell below $92 a barrel on hopes that oil-laden ships will soon be able to transit the crucial waterway.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
The U.S. is the largest oil producer in the world, but it is vulnerable to shocks, like the loss of oil-tanker transit through of the Strait of Hormuz drove home.
From MarketWatch • May 28, 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
Vocabulary lists containing transit
Geography and World Regions
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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This Week in Words: Current Events Vocab for May 1–May 7, 2021
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