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as in to send
to cause to go or be taken from one place to another
I'll have to transport the car to our new home overseas by public carrier
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as in to excite
to fill with great joy
was absolutely transported when she heard that her brother was getting married
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as in to entrance
to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)
was transported with wonder when she saw the Matterhorn for the first time
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as in to exile
to force to leave a country
the offending journalist was transported out of the country and ordered to never return
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as in ecstasy
a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion
was in transports of joy after winning the championship
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as in vehicle
something used to carry goods or passengers
rising gas prices will impel more people to use public transport
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Recent Examples of transport
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2026
At the scene, CMPD brought in three armored vehicles and a mobile tactical shield designed to transport officers into potentially hazardous situations.
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Zaire Breedlove,
Charlotte Observer,
24 June 2026
Ben Croll,
Variety,
25 June 2026
Six people, including the driver, declined EMS transport, officials said.
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Doug Myers,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
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Sánchez argues that ballots cast by Peruvians abroad should be invalidated because the government, at the request of the Foreign Ministry, eliminated digital transmission of runoff results, requiring tally sheets to be physically transported to Lima.
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Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2026
At the scene, CMPD brought in three armored vehicles and a mobile tactical shield designed to transport officers into potentially hazardous situations.
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Zaire Breedlove,
Charlotte Observer,
24 June 2026
Noun
In a bid to streamline transport and logistics — and spare attendees from spending half the festival shuttling up and down the Italian Riviera — this year’s Italian Global Series Festival has drawn a clearer line between its two host cities.
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Ben Croll,
Variety,
25 June 2026
Six people, including the driver, declined EMS transport, officials said.
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Doug Myers,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
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According to the Fort Worth Fire Department, Tarrant County Fire reached out for assistance Thursday, and the department sent two dive teams to help.
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In addition to the autopsy, Burris said Martin’s brain was immediately sent to be examined posthumously for chronic traumatic encephalopathy, which can affect regions of the brain involved with regulating behavior and emotions and is linked to contact sports such as football.
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The menu rotates based on the event's theme, or Graci's whims, but never fails to excite, with past flavors including Jalapeño Popper, Spinach & Artichoke, Chicago Beef and more.
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As an elite college athlete, the 23-year-old has been busy training stateside for most of her life and is excited by the opportunity to travel.
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How to make the moment scary but watchable, disgusting but entrancing?
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For those discerning shoppers entranced not by fresh-off-the-runway finds (too common, too mass-produced), but, instead, garments with history and legacy embedded in their seams, these are holy grails.
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Nicaragua’s government has also imprisoned adversaries, religious leaders, journalists and more, then exiled them, stripping hundreds of their citizenship and possessions.
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Unmoored from the family unit, and inflated by success and ambition, she is left to roam the rainy hills like a beast that has exiled itself from conventional society.
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Once, there was a showdown with another tour bus — one presumably not carrying theatergoers.
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The spacious purse comes with two strap options, so it can also be carried as a crossbody.
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Write some of this century’s most devastating songs about the ecstasy of getting together.
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But maybe a little less self-admiring performative ecstasy from some of the rest?
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Police said the driver then put the vehicle back into reverse.
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So, in many places that will mean a move to renewables, especially in transportation (and) electric vehicles.
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Potential profits have encouraged traffickers to ship massive amounts of illicit drugs to both countries, often across the Pacific Ocean from South America via the Pacific Islands, a loose cluster of thousands of islands and atolls.
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Organizers said the supplies would be shipped to Venezuela as soon as possible, though damage to Caracas' main airport could complicate those efforts.
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“Transport.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transport. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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