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shuttles

  • present tense form
    of shuttle (3rd person singular).
    shuttle
    noun
    a device in a loom for passing or shooting the weft thread through the shed from one side of the web to the other, usually consisting of a boat-shaped piece of wood containing a bobbin on which the weft thread is wound.

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Captain Tracy Batteese shuttles people and goods to and from Isle au Haut on the mail boat, which also functions as the island’s de facto ambulance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Graham shuttles off this mortal coil with no such vindication.

From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026

Moxi – which shuttles medical supplies around hospitals – might respond by displaying its heart-shaped LED eyes and a beep beep greeting of its own.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

One of three surviving space shuttles, the Endeavour made 25 successful missions into space between 1992 and 2011.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

There were moments when all three looms were running as they ought—all the shuttles bearing full quills, all three temples hung high on the cloth, no warp threads snapping.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson