Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi had held 26 calls with counterparts from relevant countries while Beijing's Middle East envoy had "shuttled across" the war-torn region, a foreign ministry spokesperson said.
From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026
Her father was out of the picture and her mother, a Parisian courtesan, had shuttled her daughter around France — to a boarding school, a countryside nursery, a nunnery.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2023
The health clinic had shuttled families from more than 140 countries by August, not one from Mexico, said Amanda Aguirre, its executive director.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2022
On the evening of February 5th, the Lincolns had shuttled between his upstairs sickbed and the East Room.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 5, 2017
Through the night emissaries had shuttled terms back and forth between the tavern and the Rainbowe, berthed offshore.
From Caribbee by Thomas Hoover
