transporting

present participle of transport
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Recent Examples of transporting The impacts are huge; Europe’s rivers are vital arteries transporting goods, cooling power plants, generating hydroelectric energy, drawing in tourists and providing a vital habitat for wildlife. Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2026 Aerial footage later in the day showed an LAPD plane transporting the boy back to Los Angeles. Austin Turner, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026 However, transporting ballots from the JCEB headquarters in Independence to the affected polling places in Lee’s Summit during evening traffic was a slow process, Zorich said. Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026 Five days later, the United States began Operation Chopper, the first major escalation of the war in Southeast Asia, transporting South Vietnamese to fight the Vietcong on the outskirts of Saigon. Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026 Greece’s firefighting department said Sunday the fire apparently began from sparks emitted by a faulty power line transporting electricity from a private wind generator facility to the main electricity network. ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026 Surveillance footage eventually led investigators to a man who has since confessed to transporting Ross’ body in the suitcase, Greek police said, according to the outlet. Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026 During the trial in May, prosecutors argued that the defendants entered into a conspiracy the day of the protest to block the vehicle transporting detainees. Meg Anderson, NPR, 3 Aug. 2026 Meanwhile, Washington sanctioned Chinese companies for transporting Iranian oil, as Tehran reportedly leans on Chinese tech and Russian tactics to attack US bases. Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 29 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transporting
Verb
  • The House Energy and Commerce Committee approved the bill in May, sending it to the full House for possible consideration.
    Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Instead of sending a generic email blast, set aside the first 10 minutes of a team meeting to share specific, high-impact contributions.
    Julie Kratz, Forbes.com, 4 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 match showcased all competitors, with Solo even mocking Jey Uso, delighting the crowd.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Noah’s Ark Waterpark stands out as a fan favorite, delighting guests since its seasonal operations began in 1979.
    Carly Caramanna, Travel + Leisure, 31 July 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
  • Churchill Downs races will be televised on NBC with Fox carrying the New York racing television coverage.
    Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The last flight carrying 146 Venezuelans landed in Venezuela just hours before the disaster struck.
    Rocio Munoz, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Retailers began selling products such as delta-8 and THCA flower, which can produce intoxicating effects similar to cannabis.
    Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 31 July 2026
  • Chawinga thumped her chest with pride after scoring her country’s first-ever WAFCON goal, which set off an intoxicating remainder of the match.
    Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 28 July 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
  • 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 6 Aug. 2026.

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