transporting

present participle of transport
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of transporting 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 After all, when a vehicle's primary mission is transporting children, sports equipment, and adults who have opinions about second-row legroom, excitement isn't necessarily the highest priority. — New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2026 Midstream operators can benefit from higher throughput because much of their revenue comes from fees tied to transporting and processing gas. — Harvey Stober, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026 The costs of collecting, transporting and processing post-consumer garments at Looper’s sites are significant; the prices recyclers pay are not. — Erik Lagerblad, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026 She was arrested for selling and transporting marijuana in 1993, and agreed to act as a confidential informant for Arizona law enforcement. — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026 Typically custom-designed using specialized steel, some are so massive that transporting them can require moving power lines. — Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026 It is also needed to make carnitine, a compound involved in transporting fatty acids into mitochondria so they can be used to produce energy. — Sara Hoffman, Verywell Health, 16 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transporting
Verb
  • Negotiations could drag on for weeks, or fail altogether, sending Israelis back to the polls.
    — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Jones went 13 for 22 for 108 yards and lost 44 yards on four sacks, with Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores continually sending blitzers into the backfield.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 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
  • 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
  • Protesters, many of whom have been seen carrying Palestinian flags, have set fire to historic buildings and attacked civilians.
    — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Mitchell Fairbarn was captured on surveillance video carrying the 27-year-old Chilean flamingo, Peachy, to his room after removing the bird from its enclosure at the Flamingo Las Vegas Hotel and Casino in March.
    — Victoria Bisset, Washington Post, 20 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 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
  • 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 27 Oct. 2026.

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