transporting

present participle of transport
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Recent Examples of transporting Ships will carry dry and refrigerated containers transporting fresh produce, apparel, industrial products and consumer goods. Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 19 Aug. 2026 He got caught transporting heroin overseas for an Albanian criminal gang. Josh Boswell, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026 On-again, off-again negotiations have shown little sign of a breakthrough, encouraging oil producers and Gulf nations to seek out other trade routes, some of which are already transporting millions of barrels each day. Max Zahn, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026 Parents also face far less of the daily burden involved in transporting their children through the canyon. Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 17 Aug. 2026 On June 8, agents intercepted a tow truck transporting the Porsche and Lamborghini to the Port of Newark. David Goodhue august 17, Miami Herald, 17 Aug. 2026 The first responders found the man and began lifesaving treatment, before transporting him to a hospital, according to the release. Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 16 Aug. 2026 For example, transporting a single container between Iran and China via ships costs about $3,000, according to Hariri. Jason Ma, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026 City Hall was open Wednesday and the city sent fire rescue trucks to assist in Portage as well as extra V-Line buses to help Porter County EMS in transporting patients who need oxygen to a hospital in another city. Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transporting
Verb
  • Moderna’s mRNA vaccine combined with Merck’s immunotherapy Keytruda succeeded in a late-stage trial for skin cancer, the companies said on Wednesday, sending shares of the vaccine maker up 60% in premarket ​trading.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Neither faced a primary opponent, sending both directly to the November general election.
    Sergio Candido, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Major Wilson, 17, has been around horses most of his life and now spends much of his time helping younger riders get ready, showing them how to saddle their horses without exciting them.
    Jhair Romero, Houston Chronicle, 26 Feb. 2026
  • For Harrington and her husband Dante, the thought of triplets was shocking but exciting all the same.
    Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The xx was particularly phenomenal, delighting a huge turnout of fans with selections from all three of the full-lengths that constitute this dreamy English indie-pop band’s excellent catalog.
    Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2026
  • The match showcased all competitors, with Solo even mocking Jey Uso, delighting the crowd.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The anti-Zionist project of ending Israel’s existence as a Jewish state implies killing, subjugating, or re-exiling more than half of the world’s Jewish population.
    David Frum, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Ruthlessly exiling those players sent a clear message about the importance of squad harmony, but arguably handed the leverage in negotiations to buying clubs, driving down their prices and delaying their departures.
    James McNicholas, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In 2012, a smiling Jason Arday was photographed by the British press carrying the Olympic flame in the torch relay that preceded the London Games.
    ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The crash involved the upper stage of a Falcon 9 rocket that originally launched on January 15, 2025, carrying two commercial lunar landers.
    Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • But as our screens silo us further from the world, and further from ourselves, the prospect of being seen—or, for a moment, being even marginally beheld—becomes an intoxicating possibility.
    Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Add in a sport element, and the feeling of sharing the joy of winning with fellow fans of the same team or athlete is intoxicating.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Her compositions are often marked by her love of long, slow glissandi, string instruments sliding, sometimes languorously, sometimes dramatically, up and down in ways that can be haunting and disorienting, but always captivating and entrancing.
    Steve Hochman, SPIN, 15 July 2026
  • While some hotels offer a rich backstory and entrancing interiors, others are brand new to the hospitality scene.
    Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026
Verb
  • Rhaenyra also makes the drastic decision of relieving Mysaria of her duties as master of whispers and banishing her from King’s Landing.
    Justin Kroll, Deadline, 9 Aug. 2026
  • But being intellectually skeptical of something is not the same as banishing it from one’s existence.
    Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 29 June 2026

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“Transporting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transporting. Accessed 20 Aug. 2026.

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