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[trans-pawrt, -pohrt, trans-pawrt, -pohrt] / trænsˈpɔrt, -ˈpoʊrt, ˈtræns pɔrt, -poʊrt /






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Find insight on Korean Air Lines, Delivery Hero, Hapag-Lloyd and more in the latest Market Talks covering auto and transport.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

Chimpanzees do not normally transport objects in their mouths, so the researchers suggest Sandy may have been concealing the crystals, behavior that could indicate she regarded them as valuable.

From Science Daily Jul. 15, 2026

Find insight on Delivery Hero, Hapag-Lloyd, Ryanair and more in the latest Market Talks covering auto and transport.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

They pointed out that he'd taken action on the climate when he was Mayor of Greater Manchester, with a big focus on public transport availability.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

There, Pax caught the lingering scent of the military transport caravan from the day before, but no other traffic had passed since then.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker

Cammell Laird, for instance, now builds the bow sections for the Type 26 frigates and transports them on barges from their Birkenhead base to Govan on the Clyde.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

The restored runway can now handle a dozen C-17 military transports and other heavy aircraft to land daily with relief supplies from the U.S. and other countries.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

Kaneva also said that oil shipments through the strait started up earlier than the bank had expected, because the U.S. facilitated dark-of-night tanker transports before a formal agreement was announced.

From Barron's Jun. 29, 2026

According to the model, an eastward-moving "mantle wind" transports hot asthenospheric material toward Yellowstone.

From Science Daily Jun. 28, 2026

Our transports had to pass close by there.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac

The animals were also transported by lorry in their crates.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

Three people were transported to a local hospital with impact injuries from falling into the water, while 13 others were safe on shore, he said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

Some coffins were loaded into the back of ambulances to be transported to the home provinces of the deceased.

From Barron's Jul. 14, 2026

He also claimed the U.S. was charging a 20% fee on all cargo transported via the shipping route in return for safe passage.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

One hundred seventy flights transported 19,000 troops from the United States to Western Europe.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

The helicopter was transporting 25 intelligence experts and four special forces crew from RAF Aldergrove in Northern Ireland to Fort George near Inverness when it crashed in foggy weather.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

Soon after, we discover Z speaks Latin and French with ease and that his ideal first date involves transporting his soft target to Paris to sip Kir Royales by the Seine.

From Salon Jul. 7, 2026

"By reusing plastic waste that is already in Hawaii, we can reduce the environmental and economic impacts of transporting waste plastics from the islands, incinerating it or dumping it in Hawaii's overflowing landfills."

From Science Daily Jun. 28, 2026

Southern Command on Friday said it was boosting American military support to Venezuela to help assess damage to airfields and residential areas, as well as transporting lifesaving supplies that the South American country often lacks.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

The Amity own about a dozen trucks that they use for transporting goods, but they only do that on weekends.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth




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