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shuttle

[shuht-l] / ˈʃʌt l /


VERB
travel back and forth
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“During the space shuttle program, the closest you could get to the space shuttle was three miles away,” as a civilian.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

In the heat and humidity of Florida’s Kennedy Space Center, that meant the shuttle stack would start to drip like a water bottle on a muggy day.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Astronaut Danny Olivas explains the space shuttle program’s significance and what it means for Endeavour to return to launch position in Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

You may think you experienced the shuttle a few years ago, parked in a hangar-like building at the west edge of the Science Center.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

“Javier, do you remember how we had to hurry to the shuttle in Colorado? How when I was putting my coat away you stole my seat next to Dad and wouldn’t give it back?”

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

Deutsche Bahn is considering replacing its regional bus lines with autonomous shuttles, but sees a possible rollout only toward 2045.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Captain Tracy Batteese shuttles people and goods to and from Isle au Haut on the mail boat, which also functions as the island’s de facto ambulance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Graham shuttles off this mortal coil with no such vindication.

From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026

Moxi – which shuttles medical supplies around hospitals – might respond by displaying its heart-shaped LED eyes and a beep beep greeting of its own.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

That great shuttles of souls might fly about, faded but audible if you listen closely enough?

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

It might feel bad seeing other kids being shuttled from hobby to hobby, but that doesn’t mean you’re doing a bad job as a parent because yours must pick one at a time.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

Witkoff later confirmed on X that the talks had been held "through the mediators, who shuttled between the two sides throughout the day".

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

A shop attendant shuttled me into a shady spot by the tonic bar, where the mixologist began mixing me cooling drinks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

Instead of leaving on either that jet or “former” Air Force One, the president secretly hopped into an airport catering truck and shuttled to an Air Force C-32A, a smaller military plane.

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026

And not believing him, not forgetting that troops were being shuttled toward battlefields all over the world, I went along, as I always did, with any new invention of Finny’s.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles

Tau operates a fleet of eight robots, shuttling them around the city two at a time in a blue Honda minivan.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

To keep exports flowing from Gulf Arab states, the US military has been providing protection for tankers shuttling oil through the Strait of Hormuz.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

“We are definitely seeing Saudi loading more crude out of Ras Tanura and shuttling it through,” said Richard Matthews, director of consulting and research at shipbroker E.A.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Iranian airlines are running regular direct flights shuttling passengers between Iran and the U.A.E.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

I’m used to her shuttling you all over town.

From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy


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