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shuttle

[shuht-l] / ˈʃʌt l /


VERB
travel back and forth
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The shuttle was grounded, 14 astronauts had died in two disasters, and the hearing room was thick with the anxiety of a nation that feared it had lost a step.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Together, these capture both direct Hormuz movements and Gulf of Oman-linked flows that may involve “dark” transits, shuttle tanker movements or offshore transfers, Smith said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

He first flew aboard space shuttle Atlantis on the STS-129 mission to the International Space Station in 2009.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

If you’d rather stay on a train for longer and shorten your trip on the shuttle, then you can transfer to the K Line from Crenshaw Station toward LAX/Metro Transit Center.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

The shuttle from Santa Fe to the launch site in the San Juan National Forest near Durango takes less than two hours.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera




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