Thesaurus results for TRANSITING

transiting

verb

present participle of transit

as in traversing

to make one's way through, across, or over once you transit that stretch of dense woods, the hiking should be much easier

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Recent Examples of transiting All three of those cities are major global hubs, with millions of passengers transiting through them each year. —

Marnie Hunter, CNN Money, 4 Mar. 2026 Alongside Maersk, German container shipping firm Hapag-Lloyd said over the weekend that all vessels transiting through the Strait of Hormuz would be suspended, citing the safety and security of its crews. —

Sam Meredith, CNBC, 2 Mar. 2026 Travelers transiting through Dubai or Riyadh are advised to monitor connections closely for knock-on delays. —

Hana Al-Khodairi, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Feb. 2026 According to General Atomics, a notional mission profile envisions MQ-9B aircraft launching from friendly bases in the Western or Southern Pacific, transiting to designated hold points outside an adversary’s weapons engagement zone, and loitering there for extended periods. —

Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 25 Feb. 2026 Mars is transiting from the evening to the morning sky and will become visible again before sunrise in April. —

Karl Hille, Baltimore Sun, 24 Feb. 2026 The Stena Imperative was approached by three pairs of small armed boats belonging to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, approximately 16 nautical miles north of Oman's coast, the company said. —

CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026 Do keep in mind that Mercury is in detriment when transiting this Water sign, which isn’t ideal for problem-solving and logistics. —

Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 1 Feb. 2026 According to data from ocean and air freight benchmarking platform Xeneta, loop transit times on the FAL1 service decreased a full week, from 105 days to 98 when ships began transiting the Suez Canal again. —

Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 21 Jan. 2026

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The French carrier had already rerouted three of its services traversing the Suez Canal back around the Cape of Good Hope due to the uncertainty in the region.

— Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 2 Mar. 2026
With commercial truck builds that are bigger than average cars, difficulty halting, and limited maneuvering, these factors can make traversing construction zones riskier for commercial truck drivers.

— Wyles Daniel, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2026