as in sending
to cause to go or be taken from one place to another
we shipped those books out yesterday
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Recent Examples of shipping
In recent weeks, Chinese officials have called for a restoration of shipping through the critical channel off the Iranian coast.
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Joey Garrison, USA Today, 14 May 2026
Another person is theorizing about a 3-D printer that’s going to use Mars soil, which will allow people to build on Mars using its materials instead of shipping everything there.
—Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 12 May 2026
Intriago, 63, also faced four additional counts related to shipping bulletproof vests to Haiti for about 20 former Colombian soldiers whom CTU recruited and sent to Port-au-Prince roughly a month before the killing.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 8 May 2026
The company specializes in shipping to Hawaii and is a member of the Pacific Merchant Shipping Assn.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026
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Joey Garrison, USA Today, 14 May 2026
Another person is theorizing about a 3-D printer that’s going to use Mars soil, which will allow people to build on Mars using its materials instead of shipping everything there.
—Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 12 May 2026
Intriago, 63, also faced four additional counts related to shipping bulletproof vests to Haiti for about 20 former Colombian soldiers whom CTU recruited and sent to Port-au-Prince roughly a month before the killing.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 8 May 2026
The company specializes in shipping to Hawaii and is a member of the Pacific Merchant Shipping Assn.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026
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The Angels loaded the bases with two outs in the bottom of the 10th but left-hander Hogan Harris got Jorge Soler to ground out, sending the Angels to their 23rd loss in 29 games.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
21 May 2026
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Musk additionally dreams of sending humans aboard Starship to colonize Mars.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
20 May 2026
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Russian media indicated that the hovercraft was built to carry no more than 10 passengers but was transporting 18 people along with heavy equipment at the time of the incident.—
Jessica Mekles,
FOXNews.com,
20 May 2026
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In a new technical blog, the company demonstrated Atlas rotating its torso 180 degrees, squatting to pick up a mini-fridge, and transporting it while dynamically adjusting to shifting internal weight.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
19 May 2026
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“Shipping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shipping. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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