transit
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A day earlier, a Chinese tanker had been allowed to transit through the strait in what Iran said was an agreement to allow some Chinese ships to pass.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026
They do not live within 500 feet of a bus or transit stop.
From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026
And once the conflict ends and tanker transit through the Strait of Hormuz resumes, it would still take weeks for flows to resume, and markets likely will still price in risk of potential additional disruptions.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
Subsequent attacks and the US-Israel conflict with Iran, which has blocked transit through the Strait of Hormuz, have led shipping companies to reroute more of their vessels around the Cape of Good Hope.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
They had decided to major in urban planning and hoped to eventually get a job designing or improving public transit systems.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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Geography and World Regions
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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This Week in Words: Current Events Vocab for May 1–May 7, 2021
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