transship
Example Sentences
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Heroin and other drugs are often smuggled through Laos to Thailand, where much of it is transshipped to overseas destinations such as Australia.
From Seattle Times
State Department’s special representative for Venezuela, said in an interview that potential U.S. sanctions against Chinese companies purchasing transshipped crude were “on the table.”
From Reuters
While it and Turkey are at odds over Syria, they coordinate on energy policy, and Moscow is keen for Turkey to transship energy.
From Reuters
A substantial portion of California’s exports are transshipped to Mexico through Texas, and therefore are counted as Texas exports.
From Los Angeles Times
As these moves deepen confusion over what counts as transshipping, he said, “you’re going to get into a quagmire.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
