transporting

present participle of transport
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Recent Examples of transporting Some experts have questioned whether Russia can meet the schedule for diesel deliveries, in part because of the complexities of transporting the oil within Russia to its ports and thence to its destination. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026 Then the Iran war sent the prices of diesel and fertilizer soaring, which increased the costs of transporting beef and growing feed. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 2 Nov. 2026 According to reporting by Ocula, the global strikes called for an end to the use of ports for transporting arms—art workers also issued demands for better living and working conditions. — News Desk, Artforum, 2 Nov. 2026 Movement is one of the body’s natural mechanisms for transporting lymph, with each muscle contraction helping to propel fluid through the lymphatic vessels. — Marie Bladt, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2026 The solution involved transporting water from springs in the Gush Etzion region, a hilly area more than 800 meters above sea level. — Michele Chabin, Sun Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2026 Some former law enforcement officers and military veterans are trading their careers protecting communities for new roles transporting cannabis products. — CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026 The aircraft was originally designed for tactical logistics, transporting supplies to military personnel and vessels rather than engaging aerial targets. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026 Peltola required medical attention after the accident, which happened when another vehicle crashed into the one transporting Peltola and her family, the campaign said. — ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transporting
Verb
  • The council member has spent significant time in Boyle Heights following the Lineage fire, which burned down a massive cold food storage facility, sending noxious smoke into the heavily Latino neighborhood.
    — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026
  • How was he supposed to tell her about the bat without sending her into a tailspin?
    — Téa Obreht, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 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
  • Irish comedian Joanne McNally was first on stage, delighting the packed house with the woes of being single and 40.
    — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Instead of delighting fans by paying loving homage to the movies or winning over newcomers with an exciting fresh take on the material, the show fails on both fronts, swinging wildly from one misbegotten idea to the next.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The government was executing and exiling Black citizens; some had escaped slavery.
    — Claire Galofaro, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Verb
  • Different animal species have their own flea species, so rats and plague-carrying fleas traveled together.
    — Faye Flam, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2026
  • That supplier could be seen in a video carrying a bag, which prosecutors say contained a kilo of cocaine.
    — Jennifer Borrasso, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Maybe that’s what tips her into some recklessness of her own, with an explanation of Hal’s forceful personality and brilliant rhetorical style as being intoxicating.
    — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Right now intoxicating hemp products can be sold in North Carolina with no statewide age limit.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 14 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The film became a staple of late-night television, entrancing viewers like a teenage Howard Ashman.
    — Andrew Buss, Vanity Fair, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The monastery-hermitage that the Anantara Grand Hotel Convento di Amalfi lives in has peered over this endlessly entrancing Tyrrhenian view of sunsets and moonshine since the 13th century, which is priceless.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • At that point, the group had botched its first two votes, mistakenly banishing two female faithfuls.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026
  • After Hallet dies in a misguided clinic bust care of a banishing spell gone awry, the whole Owens clan is nearly destroyed.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026

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“Transporting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transporting. Accessed 4 Nov. 2026.

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