transporting

present participle of transport
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Recent Examples of transporting Alexander would spend his days transporting precious cargo up and down the railway. Charlotte Observer, 6 July 2026 Washing blueberries removes dirt and toxins that may cling to the fruit during handling and transporting from farm to store. Martha Stewart, 3 July 2026 The agency ordered contractors to not use bars or cages when transporting families and unaccompanied children. Jack Brook, ABC News, 6 July 2026 Reading allows children to live in a vibrant world, surrounded by fairies, elves and talking animals, transporting them to places where the impossible becomes real. Michelle Kearney, The Conversation, 7 July 2026 The burning husks of large trucks transporting fuel and derailed train cars were filmed and photographed by civilians and Ukrainian military drones, highlighting supply chain disruptions. Marc Santora, New York Times, 4 July 2026 He was subsequently swarmed by his teammates and within minutes, medics attended to the midfielder before moving him onto a stretcher and transporting him to a hospital for further treatment. Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 6 July 2026 Cole was initially charged with transporting an explosive device in interstate commerce and attempted malicious destruction by means of explosive materials. Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 8 July 2026 Paramedics performed life-saving measures on the unconscious child before transporting him to Mercy Gilbert Medical Center, according to CBS News. Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 8 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transporting
Verb
  • The fire broke out June 17 and raged for eight days, sending a massive amount of smoke into the atmosphere and prompting warnings for nearby residents to stay inside.
    City News Service, Daily News, 8 July 2026
  • No matter when they were purchased, the stamp would be good for sending mail.
    Mike Snider, USA Today, 7 July 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 Dutch were the neutral’s favourites throughout World Cup 1974, their Total Football taking the game to a new level, and delighting supporters with their fluidity, high defensive line and commitment to keep on attacking.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 1 July 2026
  • The last two songs ended in all-out thrash conflagrations, delighting the slam-dancers at the center of the floor.
    Steve Knopper, Rolling Stone, 26 June 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
  • Now, mosquitoes carrying West Nile have been found in 10 cities, with the latest being Fullerton and Anaheim.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
  • The new frontier is cumulative stress, a running tally of how much strain your body is carrying from work, poor sleep, illness, travel, emotional load and exercise combined.
    Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026
Verb
  • Staying home might not readily provide the intoxicating beauty Emerson describes.
    Isabel Fattal, The Atlantic, 4 July 2026
  • Inspired by Aztec temple offerings of tuberose, magnolia, plumeria, and marigold made at the altars of the gods, Flor y Canto fills a room with its intoxicating sillage.
    Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 28 June 2026
Verb
  • How to make the moment scary but watchable, disgusting but entrancing?
    David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
  • The music was always entrancing, if polarizing.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 6 June 2026
Verb
  • But being intellectually skeptical of something is not the same as banishing it from one’s existence.
    Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 29 June 2026
  • Between the trauma his father inflicted on him, banishing him, calling him weak, giving him a scar and pitting him against his sister — along with his mother being taken — Zuko gives into his darker impulses.
    Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026

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“Transporting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transporting. Accessed 10 Jul. 2026.

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