transited

past tense of transit

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Recent Examples of transited By comparison, more than 100 ships transited Hormuz daily before the war and crude exports totaled more than 15 million bpd. Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 7 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 Any monetization of the strait would be a dramatic change from the situation before the war, when commercial ships carrying 20% of the world’s oil and natural gas supply transited the waterway without fees. Abigail Williams, NBC news, 3 July 2026 At least 258 ships transited the waterway last week, a period that included Iranian strikes on two commercial vessels, according to marine data and analysis company Lloyd’s List Intelligence. Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026 Forty ships transited the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, according to data from maritime intelligence firm Kpler, a number still significantly lower than the average daily crossings before the war with Iran started in February. Deva Lee, CNN Money, 30 June 2026 In total, 29 commodity vessels crossed on Saturday and 12 transited on Sunday, according to data from the maritime tracking firm Kpler. Khaled Wassef, CBS News, 29 June 2026 Some 78 transited last Wednesday, the day before the tit-for-tat exchanges began, the Associated Press reported. Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor, 29 June 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
  • On Saturday, 19 vessels crossed the Strait of Hormuz in either direction, but only one openly signaled its inbound transit along the Omani coast, Kpler data show.
    Weilun Soon, Fortune, 5 July 2026
  • Unlike last year, however, no Russian drones or missiles crossed the sky above the campsite on their way toward Kyiv.
    ABC News, ABC News, 5 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
  • Ohtani successfully navigated traffic to throw a scoreless fifth, but Xander Bogaerts tagged him for an RBI double in the sixth.
    Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026
  • His father, seeking stability and education for his sons, navigated challenges to build a new life.
    Phil Kafarakis, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
Verb
  • In the past years, many French people have traveled to neighboring countries where medically assisted suicide or euthanasia is legal.
    ABC News, ABC News, 15 July 2026
  • Argentina also ranks first for corners from the right that traveled to the near edge of the six-yard box with 10, six more than any other team.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 14 July 2026
Verb
  • At the ages of 15 and 12, the brothers walked shoulder-to-shoulder behind their mother Princess Diana's coffin in 1997.
    Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • Fairbanks then walked Max Muncy, who moved to second on defensive indifference, and Heim delivered a two-run single.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 6 July 2026

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