transporting

present participle of transport
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Recent Examples of transporting Staffers were seen loading up forklifts and transporting boxes into the venue for more than two hours, and were still going past midnight. Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026 They could also be seen transporting French fries, thick-cut onion rings, red and orange peppers, romaine and other produce, eggs, heavy whipping cream and whole milk. Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026 The Venezuelan agency in charge of transporting the deportees declined to tell NPR how many have survived. Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR, 30 June 2026 Vintage wooden crates have practical uses beyond transporting food, games, and other picnic essentials. Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 1 July 2026 Helou said Blumenfield’s motion completes the loop by keeping food waste close to home, creating more local composting and reducing greenhouse gas emissions from transporting waste outside of the city. Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2026 For travelers transporting items that require extra security and declaration, durable, lockable luggage is essential. Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 23 June 2026 Prosecutors accused the group of transporting unaccompanied children between the ages of 5 and 13 from Juárez, Mexico, into the United States. Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026 Prosecutors say the ring operated between 2020 and 2026, transporting dozens of firearms from Georgia to Illinois and Indiana to be distributed to members gangs including the Black Disciples, Conservative Vice Lords and Mickey Cobras. Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 1 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 9 Jul. 2026.

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