transportation
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When word reached him of the canceled flights, he imagined the transportation professionals trying to sort it out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026
This approach is particularly relevant as industries search for renewable fuel alternatives in sectors that are difficult to electrify, including heavy transportation.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026
Tesla has touted what it called the vehicle's safety and ease of use for disabled people, and said the Cybercab was "democratizing clean transportation for all."
From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026
Getting oil through the Strait of Hormuz now involves “more vessels, ship-to-ship transfers, higher transportation costs and persistent security threats,” she said.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026
“The traders say it is hard to transport their food because there is no fuel, so they add on the costs of transportation, o di egivu,” Aunty Ifeoma said.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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The government approved the measure after pressure from business and transportations groups and non-governmental organizations, which claim extortion has increased.
From Reuters ● Feb. 21, 2023
The group, which has not rolled out its proposal, is expected to focus on core infrastructure programs, such as transportations systems, at the expense of social spending.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 8, 2021
During their first meeting, the team called out the possible transportations options it might see: electric bikes, mo-peds and scooters, and then hoverboards, Segways and even unicycles.
From New York Times ● Aug. 2, 2018
“Right now this thing is so big, that sometimes it blocks the entire Mississippi River, and when that happens, my phone rings off the hook with transportations companies calling,” Cross said.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 21, 2015
Its object should be Freight—the rapid and vast increase of its transportations, not extra profit on the articles transported.
From What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science by Horace Greeley
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