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transport

[trans-pawrt, -pohrt, trans-pawrt, -pohrt] / trænsˈpɔrt, -ˈpoʊrt, ˈtræns pɔrt, -poʊrt /






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Lee Waters, former transport minister, said it "just doesn't work" in a Welsh context.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

At the same time, the conflict in the Middle East and port congestion weighed on volume growth and transport costs, the German shipping company added.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

The problem is that the U.S. economy is reliant on diesel to transport goods around the country to grocery stores, retailers and other businesses.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026

It became illegal to transport or manufacture laetrile anywhere in the United States.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026

The panda refused to be lured into the transport cage, so a tranquilizer dart was used.

From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh

The findings help explain why some sinking material transports carbon much farther into the ocean than other particles, even though both begin their journeys near the surface.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

The track was the lead single from her 1989 debut album, “Love Story,” an electrifying project that sonically transports listeners into dramatic telenovela scenarios.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

The aging network of tankers illicitly transports Iranian crude oil, petroleum and petrochemical products to foreign markets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Bereavement, we are shown, transports us, much as art can.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

In his Ring cycle, Wagner tackles the subjects of incest, or the abuse of power, or greed - all pertinent to nineteenth-century Europe - but transports the action to the distant mists of prehistory.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Once the fuel is offloaded at Mariel, the tanks and containers are transported by truck to private fuel distributors, who sell it to smaller businesses and individuals across the island.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

“We were immediately just transported into a place of fear,” Diana told me.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026

One prominent theory suggests that much of it was transported to the developing planet by icy material originating in the colder, more distant regions of the early solar system.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026

“Some of those runners were transported to local hospitals for further treatment and enhanced care.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026

I had done enough talking and learning and hoping to be transported home.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler

Although they share the same objective, their approaches to transporting astronauts to the lunar surface differ considerably.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

Some experts have questioned whether Russia can meet the schedule for diesel deliveries, in part because of the complexities of transporting the oil within Russia to its ports and thence to its destination.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

Isik, who leads a consulting firm called Bosphorus Observer, photographed the ships, nearly all of which are under U.S. and other Western sanctions for transporting Russian oil.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

Local media reports the dispersal of the motorcade soon afterward, while the driver of the middle vehicle -- usually transporting the politician -- rolls down the window and shows that no one is on board.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

In 1932, Ebright had been faced only with transporting his crew 350 miles, from Berkeley to Los Angeles.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown


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