barging (in)

verb

present participle of barge (in)
1
as in horning in

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2
as in bursting (in or into)

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3
as in running (over)

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Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for barging (in)
  1. cutting in
  2. running in
  3. breaking in
  4. coming over
  5. putting in
  6. dropping in
  7. chipping in
  8. stepping in
Verb
  • Kerr and his pacers lined up on the outside, wary of cutting in from wide a year on from Cameron Myers toppling over and out just behind him in the 2025 Diamond League meet, where Kerr finished second in the 1500 meters.
    — George Edwards, New York Times, 21 July 2026
  • Add shortening and continue cutting in until flour is pale yellow and resembles coarse cornmeal with butter bits no larger than small peas.
    — Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
Definition of cutting in
Verb
  • Several agents work a task at once, with implementation running in parallel while reviewers watch in the background.
    — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The labor market is running in a lower gear, so income growth should continue to slow, Vanguard’s Schickling said.
    — Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
Definition of running in
Verb
  • Just recently, a client came to us because their onboarding and user data pipeline kept breaking in ways their users could feel.
    — Dan Haiem, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • Not a week goes by without news of a high-profile auction breaking in Publishers Weekly.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
Definition of breaking in
Verb
  • The report said the number of requests had more than doubled from 3,656 in 2020 to 8,123 in 2025, with the largest surge coming over the last two years.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
  • The Celtics are still the Celtics, with a healthy Jayson Tatum, a likely better-shooting version of Derrick White and Mitchell Robinson coming over from the Knicks.
    — Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 28 July 2026
Definition of coming over
Verb
  • Most governments have so far balked at putting in place mandatory rules about what safeguards companies developing advanced AI systems need to build into their models or have in place internally to guard against losing control of AI agents.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 22 July 2026
  • Volunteer in Your Community With students typically putting in community service hours during the school season, summer can see a dip in volunteer numbers.
    — Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 20 July 2026
Definition of putting in
Verb
  • While the world’s oceans have generally been heating up, one patch of the Atlantic located south of Greenland has been dropping in temperature.
    — Devika Rao, TheWeek, 22 June 2026
  • And then, her par putt on 18 – measured at 2 feet, 10 inches – spun tantalizingly around the rim of the cup before dropping in and ending the suspense.
    — Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 8 June 2026
Definition of dropping in
Verb
  • Salting the Tomatoes for Sandwiches Tomato sandwiches are a staple lunch at grandma’s during summertime, and bored kiddos tend to love chipping in.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 27 July 2026
  • Actor and producer Tyler Perry is chipping in for the 18-year-old’s funeral, and former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick is helping fund an independent autopsy commissioned by Wells’s family.
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 13 July 2026
Definition of chipping in
Verb
  • Even when the play returns to the familiar rhythm of Shaw provoking Dreyfuss and Scheider stepping in to restore peace, the performances keep the interactions engaging.
    — Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026
  • As Bay Area art schools flounder under financial strain, Silicon Valley is increasingly stepping in as an influential force in the region’s cultural landscape.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of stepping in
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