transporting

present participle of transport
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Recent Examples of transporting 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 Turns out, Kirk has been illegally transporting beer from Illinois without securing the proper permits or paying the appropriate taxes. Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026 Farmers were keeping fire crews supplied with water, transporting it to them in tanks. Mark Carlson, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2026 The vessel was transporting weapons to aid Russia, Kyiv said. Irit Skulnik, CNBC, 27 July 2026 Ukraine has struck ships in the Caspian Sea involved in transporting military goods from Iran to Russia, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. CNN Money, 25 July 2026 And the nearly three-hour adventure epic did not disappoint, transporting viewers armed with Jiffy Pop to a wartorn ancient world populated by heroes, gods, and monsters for two thrilling nights. Elaina Patton, IndieWire, 24 July 2026 Texas criminal defense attorney Austin Hagee said Texas doesn’t recognize marijuana purchased legally in another state, and federal law also prohibits transporting marijuana across state lines. Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2026 Getting the magic to California required transporting it 2,801 miles from New York. Naomi Jeffries, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transporting
Verb
  • That was part of his wider goal of sending endless waves of bomb-carrying drones and robots to hit Russian encampments in a bid to sharply reduce Ukraine’s casualties.
    Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Durbin delivered the final blow to the Orioles in the eighth inning, hammering Tyler Wells’ 91-mph cutter 364 feet over the Green Monster, and sending the Fenway Faithful into a frenzy.
    Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 21 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
  • Last week, an F/A-18 Super Hornet from the Blue Angels, the Navy’s flight-demonstration team, zoomed dangerously low along the Florida coast, stirring up sand and umbrellas, startling some beachgoers—and, it must be said, delighting many others.
    Missy Ryan, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026
  • Buzz Lightyear and Woody have been delighting families for three decades.
    Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 10 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
  • That was part of his wider goal of sending endless waves of bomb-carrying drones and robots to hit Russian encampments in a bid to sharply reduce Ukraine’s casualties.
    Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Then in April, one of the company’s ships was passing Puerto Rico between two other jobs while carrying an advanced underwater drone with the right sensors to find the plane.
    Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2026
Verb
  • Two House lawmakers on Wednesday introduced bipartisan legislation to federally regulate hemp products, including those with the intoxicating cannabinoid THC.
    A.J. Herrington, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • For this bestseller, imagine strolling into a high-end members’ club, with intoxicating incense drawing you through the door.
    Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 21 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 30 Jul. 2026.

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