transporting

present participle of transport
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of transporting The cost of transporting things around the world has gone up significantly, and Expeditors is reaping the rewards. — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2026 By transporting supplies, supporting reconnaissance activities, and assisting with casualty evacuation, unmanned ground vehicles can potentially reduce soldiers’ physical workload while extending their operational reach. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026 Far away from the ceaseless whirring of small aircraft transporting tourists on aerial tours of the falls, this stillness, punctuated only by birdsong, feels beautifully restorative. — Charukesi Ramadurai, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2026 Intelligence officers attacked him from behind, causing a serious back injury that required hospitalization, before transporting him to Boleíta Norte, the indictment states. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026 Since May, spot prices paid for transporting goods have been increasing, despite the overall volume of shipments at the ports remaining flat. — Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026 Corn and other crops used to feed cattle have become more expensive to produce, while higher petroleum prices increase the cost of planting, harvesting and transporting those crops. — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2026 Day, police said, may have implicated himself and Thomas by accidentally recording themselves while transporting the victim’s body. — Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 5 Oct. 2026 On top of the material costs, Porter has been hit with skyrocketing diesel prices — a product needed every step of the way in her operation from producing to harvesting to transporting. — Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transporting
Verb
  • The pandemic intensified that appetite when fashion returned from lockdown, sending the industry into overdrive.
    — Alex Badia, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Minutes later, her roof partially ripped off, sending insulation and debris flying.
    — Erika Angulo, NBC news, 11 Oct. 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
  • Tse Yang was the finest Chinese restaurant to open in Madrid, and its crispy Peking Duck has been delighting locals for years.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Here, misfits are welcome, and bric-a-brac is part of the appeal; the wonderfully bizarre name and devil-may-care attitude have been confusing (and delighting) first-timers for more than 70 years.
    — Skye Sherman, Southern Living, 13 Sep. 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
  • An ammunition depot was hit, as were a bulk carrier in the Chornomorsk port carrying dual-use goods and port infrastructure in Izmail, the ministry said.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
  • As the hundreds of thousands of people made their way down the narrow roads following the politician, a few rerouted into the industry event, still carrying big flags and with faces lit up with hope.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Yet that formula, underpinned by a staff-to-guest ratio of 6 to 1, proved intoxicating.
    — Robb Report, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Cory Harris, a lobbyist for state-legal cannabis operators, suggested that dire predictions about its effect on the intoxicating hemp industry are overstated.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • The current members are entrancing, boasting a gorgeous blend of voices and guitar.
    — Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • 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

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“Transporting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transporting. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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