as in sending
to cause to go or be taken from one place to another
we shipped those books out yesterday
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Recent Examples of shipping
Intriago, 63, also faced four additional counts related to shipping bulletproof vests to Haiti for about 20 former Colombian soldiers whom CTU recruited and sent to Port-au-Prince roughly a month before the killing.
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 8 May 2026
Maersk, a shipping company based in Denmark, implemented an emergency bunker surcharge in late March, citing a challenging fuel market.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026
Angola’s Cabinda oil refinery, meanwhile, began shipping fuels, helping one of Africa’s biggest crude producers reduce its reliance on gasoline imports.
—Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 7 May 2026
Former Boundary Waters guide John Kerschbaum traded canoe paddling for gondola cruising in 2000 (after shipping an authentic vessel from Venice to Minnesota), and his business has thrived ever since.
—Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 28 Apr. 2026
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 8 May 2026
Maersk, a shipping company based in Denmark, implemented an emergency bunker surcharge in late March, citing a challenging fuel market.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026
Angola’s Cabinda oil refinery, meanwhile, began shipping fuels, helping one of Africa’s biggest crude producers reduce its reliance on gasoline imports.
—Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 7 May 2026
Former Boundary Waters guide John Kerschbaum traded canoe paddling for gondola cruising in 2000 (after shipping an authentic vessel from Venice to Minnesota), and his business has thrived ever since.
—Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 28 Apr. 2026
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In response to the news of the UFT’s endorsement, Lander campaign spokesperson Emily Minster pointed to Lander’s past both attending and sending his children to public school.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
14 May 2026
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The Major League Soccer scheduling gods finally did San Diego FC a solid, sending the ultimate slumpbuster to Snapdragon Stadium in the midst of a 10-game winless streak.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 May 2026
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Cole Allen, who was shackled and wearing an orange prison jumpsuit, pleaded not guilty to attempting to assassinate the president of the United States, discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence, transporting a firearm across state lines and assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon.—
Peter D'Abrosca , Jake Gibson,
FOXNews.com,
11 May 2026
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Built in 1885, the route once played a key role in transporting coffee and grains from the Curitiba highlands to the coast.—
Taryn White,
Travel + Leisure,
11 May 2026
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“Shipping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shipping. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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