transited

past tense of transit

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Recent Examples of transited Before the war, an average of about 110 ships transited the strait daily. Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 17 July 2026 On Friday, 19 ships transited the critical waterway, a figure that rose to 24 on Saturday. Steve Kopack, NBC news, 14 July 2026 Fourteen ships transited Hormuz on Sunday, four of which were crude oil tankers, a decline of about 60% compared with the 37 vessels that crossed the same day last week, according to data from the trade intelligence firm Kpler. Brian Sullivan,spencer Kimball, CNBC, 13 July 2026 Ship-tracking data from Kpler, cited by Reuters, showed that only six vessels transited the Strait on Sunday. Tiago Ventura, Time, 13 July 2026 Twenty-two ships transited the strait Thursday, down from 30 Wednesday and 41 Tuesday, according to data and analytics company Kpler. Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026 Overall, 59 cargo vessels transited through Suez in the two-week period ahead of June 28, up 7 percent from the movement over the previous 14-day stretch. Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 6 July 2026 Another products tanker transited along the same route earlier, openly signaling its intentions, and is now broadcasting a location in the Gulf of Oman. Weilun Soon, Fortune, 5 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transited
Verb
  • Bear tracks showed where a pair of grizzlies had traversed our island and swum to the far shore.
    John Todd, Outdoor Life, 9 July 2026
  • Some traffic traversed the strait on Tuesday, according to data and analytics company Kpler, which verified 41 crossings compared to 36 on Monday.
    ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
Verb
  • Gas first crossed the $4 mark, a psychologically important threshold, on March 31, a month into the conflict.
    Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • Her family has been struggling after her husband lost his job as a motorcycle rider and crossed the border into neighboring Niger to look for work.
    ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026
Verb
  • Two Lionel Messi shows followed — including his setting of the all-time World Cup goals record.
    Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026
  • Batman stares intensely at the camera, and the film’s logo appears, followed by the new release date, which is set for February 18, 2028, up from its previous release date of October 1, 2027.
    Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 15 July 2026
Verb
  • In this Wild West of college athletics, when every player is an unrestricted free agent every year, some schools have navigated the transfer terrain better than others.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026
  • The book details how Schnipper navigated grief following the death of his nearly two-year-old son Renzo in 2021.
    Alex Suskind, Pitchfork, 17 July 2026
Verb
  • Mohammad Taj, who travelled to Delhi from neighboring Haryana state, and whose face was badly bruised in the Monday crackdown, said the march heading to parliament had been peaceful.
    Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
  • Coronilla Durán traveled from his hometown of San Luis de la Paz, in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato, to Atlanta to visit family and friends, according to Isaret Jeffers, founder of Colectivo Arbol, a farmworkers advocacy group.
    ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026
Verb
  • Braden Shewmake doubled to start, and Joey Ortiz and Christian Yelich then walked.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 19 July 2026
  • Jahmai Jones led off with a walk, Wilyer Abreu was hit by a pitch and Contreras walked to load the bases with one out.
    Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 19 July 2026

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