transited

past tense of transit

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of transited The firm assessed that just five vessels had transited the strait Tuesday, down from seven on Monday and nine on Sunday. Steve Kopack, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2026 Just five commodity vessels transited the Strait of ‌Hormuz on Tuesday, below the ⁠10-day average of 15, according to preliminary data from Kpler. Mike Sheen,kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026 Fewer than 20 ships transited the waterway over the weekend, with little sign of a US-Iran truce on the horizon. Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 24 Aug. 2026 That, in turn, makes less ground transport available, increasing the cost of shipping overland and raising the price on a wide range of goods that never even transited the canal. Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026 In 2025 about 69 million metric tons of cargo transited the Kiel Canal. Scott Spires, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Aug. 2026 As the war with Iran continues and both sides seek to control the strait, through which 25% of the world's oil trade transited before the war began in February, oil prices have reached their highest level since July. August 20, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 On Wednesday, nine commercial vessels with active Automatic Identification System (AIS) transponders transited the waterway, unchanged ​from Tuesday, data from Kpler ​showed. Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 20 Aug. 2026 However, only six vessels transited the Strait on Tuesday and two ships were attacked by unknown entities in recent days. Jim Edwards, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transited
Verb
  • Sting is set to narrate a new documentary portrait of Nino Rota, the Italian composer whose music traversed the worlds of cinema and the concert hall, from Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita and 8½ to Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather.
    SPIN Staff, SPIN, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The film itself was an odyssey of a shoot, as the cast traversed multiple countries and territories—Scotland, Italy, the Western Sahara, Greece—in all types of weather.
    Wisdom Iheanyichukwu, Vanity Fair, 17 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • What followed was eight days of evacuation by the Royal Navy aided by a fleet of small private boats that crossed the English Channel to aid in getting the men off the beaches.
    David Szondy August 30, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The move to Vegas crossed 18 years, involving two ownerships and five different locations – two in Santa Clara County and two in Oakland proper.
    Barry M. Bloom, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Crude-tanker stocks have led the rally, up 120% year-to-date, followed by car carriers, gas carriers and dry-bulk shippers, Lloyd's data show.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Officers followed the sounds of the gunfire to another floor, where a smoky haze limited their visibility.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Ironing those out before Week 1 matters for a team that has navigated turnover issues in recent years.
    Alec Lewis, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
  • After Skubal navigated some hard contact in the sixth, the Dodgers loaded the bases with two outs in the seventh but failed to score.
    Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Remote club-to-club conversations had proved fruitless, so senior figures travelled by Eurostar to Lille and an initial €60m deal was struck on Monday.
    George Caulkin, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Many of them then traveled to our city for the civil ceremony and reception.
    R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • One day earlier, given the same advance notice, Allen struck out twice and walked during a 6-2 loss.
    Chandler Rome, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
  • After striking out the side in the first, Cavalli walked the bases loaded with one out in the second but then struck out Owen Caissie and Mack to escape the jam.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2026

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