transit
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The Times: Why did you oppose Senate Bill 79, which requires cities to allow taller, denser buildings near transit stops?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
Generally speaking, however, tanker convoys, escorted by air and sea by the U.S. military, do the perilous transit through the Strait of Hormuz to the Gulf of Oman.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
A transit occurs when a planet passes in front of its star and causes a small temporary drop in the starlight seen from Earth.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
Each day, roughly 300 ships transit the waterway, which connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Atlantic Ocean.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Loved the intersecting lines of transit routes on the map, the crisp procession of times on the schedule.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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Crude futures fell as the supply fears fueled by the outage of Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline eased, and oil continued to make it through the Strait of Hormuz via ship-to-ship loadings and dark transits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
Most confirmed exoplanets have instead been found through transits.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
Hormuz transits are hard to measure, mostly because ships transiting the strategic waterway turn off their GPS-like signals for security measures and to avoid Iranian attacks.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
In 2023, El Nino forced a reduction in daily transits from 38 to 22 due to the dramatic reduction in reservoir levels.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
I watched two Phobos transits yesterday and sighted Deneb last night.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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Analysts at data-platform company Kpler said Friday that no crude liquids from Saudi Arabia had transited Bab al-Mandeb since Sunday.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
The rest transited via unidentified routes or the traditional IMO corridor.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
And despite the overall lull in the fighting, Iran fired drones at oil tankers from the United Arab Emirates, another U.S. ally, as they transited the Strait of Hormuz this month.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
The carrier recently transited the Strait of Malacca moving westward alongside guided-missile destroyers, according to ship-tracking data and a U.S. official.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
At the time of the appearance of the great comet of 1843, it was doubtful whether the comet had transited the sun’s disc.
From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by J. Ellard Gore
The tankers were carrying oil and liquefied natural gas when they were attacked while transiting the Strait of Gibraltar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Hormuz transits are hard to measure, mostly because ships transiting the strategic waterway turn off their GPS-like signals for security measures and to avoid Iranian attacks.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
The Panama Canal will restrict the number of vessels transiting the crucial waterway from Friday for the second time ever due to drought caused by the El Nino climate phenomenon.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Part of the problem is that the customs office in the Maldives has limited staff, and goods transiting through the country undergo minimal checks, the person said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Every nation bears responsibility for the people and goods transiting its borders.
From National Strategy for Combating Terrorism February 2003 by United States. Executive Office of the President
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