Thesaurus results for WINGING

winging

verb

present participle of wing

as in flying

to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings watched the flocks of birds as they winged southward for the winter

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Recent Examples of winging The color was also gently smudged below her lower lashes, winging ever so faintly upward at the outer corner. — Marci Robin, Allure, 20 July 2026 Her direction here wisely emphasizes the actors, and possibly overdoes it with the mirrors — lotta symbolically reflective surfaces and isolating frames within frames — but there’s never the sensation that the person behind the camera is winging it. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 26 June 2026 In 2014, the Spurs won the championship by winging the ball from player to player, keeping it always a few inches ahead of the Miami Heat’s quick, aggressive defense. — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 7 June 2026 The most common misalignments are scapular winging, in which the shoulder blades stick out from your back like wings, and forward tilting, where the shoulders round forward. — Dana Santas, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025 King commanding the stage with inventive conflagrations, fleet unison fingerwork by Collier and Philion, Rogers-Kaufman offering solos both cerebral and thrilling, and Damien winging through long features with the agility of a sparrow. — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025 Starting in the 1800s as a series of trails winging through forests and connecting the logging and fishing communities, the modern world brought roads with it for horses and wagons, the automobile, school buses, and you. — Josh Max, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was on the other plane flying with the president, sources said.

— Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
Patrick Gotwalt was a passenger on the flight and recorded a video showing flames coming from the engine as the flight appears to be flying over water.

— Amanda Jackson, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026

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No one will string the words together and actually say it out loud, but as former players and Campbell tap-dance around the uncomfortable question about what’s changed, the message hovering between the lines is not difficult to read.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
Average costs for the potassium-rich fruit have seen little change as of late, hovering between 65 and 67 cents over the last 12 months.

— Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026

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