in transit

Example Sentences

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According to the Los Angeles Fire Department, a woman involved in the collision was in critical condition while in transit to the hospital.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026

Birol had earlier warned that the oil crunch would intensify in April as supply constraints deepen, saying that March supplies benefited from shipments already in transit before the conflict began.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

He planned to wait until it arrived to add it to his insurance policy — but the car disappeared in transit, stolen by the transport company.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

The last shipment of jet fuel in transit from the Middle East to the UK is due to arrive this week, according to data firm Vortexa.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

They still feel somehow in transit, still disconnected from their lives, bound up in an alternate schedule, an intimacy only the four of them share.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri