brigading

verb

present participle of brigade
as in rallying

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  1. rallying
  2. piling
  3. stacking
  4. banding
  5. swarming
  6. herding
  7. mustering
  8. flocking
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  • The first daily chart, going back to July, shows PJP rallying through the summer, topping in late August, and pulling back into October before advancing again.
    — Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Minshew threw for 188 yards and three touchdowns, rallying the Cardinals past the Cowboys in overtime.
    — Andy Scholes, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of rallying
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  • Holiday hosting comes with plenty of perks, but the extra cleanup isn’t one of them — especially when snacks, spills, and stray crumbs start piling up.
    — Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2026
  • The possibilities of tall black boots and a midiskirt are endless, especially now that gray skies are becoming more frequent, fallen leaves are piling up on the ground, and the number on the thermometer keeps dropping.
    — María Munsuri, Glamour, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of piling
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  • The humanoid is built to help warehouse and manufacturing employees with repetitive tasks like lifting boxes, stacking totes and moving items from other mobile robots onto conveyor belts.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Owners who skip this question tend to be the ones who end up stacking a second and third advance to cover the first.
    — Elliot Ashkenazie, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of stacking
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  • Godshalk encouraged us to try banding the river cane—a technique involving tying or wrapping groups of stems for decorative purposes.
    — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 19 Sep. 2026
  • One common option is banding or rubber band ligation.
    — Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Definition of banding
Verb
  • The rapid development of drones with their swarming tactics requires a whole new approach to firepower that can neutralize mass threats without emptying ammunition stockpiles and busting the bank.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 8 Nov. 2026
  • On some plays, the UM staff identified players who were not swarming to the ball to make a play if one of their teammates missed the first tackle attempt.
    — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of swarming
Verb
  • Biddy covered most of the journey on foot—the equivalent of about six million steps—herding animals at the rear of her owner’s wagon company and choking her way through a moving screen of dust kicked up by the migrant caravan.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026
  • And while his animals could pass through the vehicle barriers, the cowboys herding them could not.
    — Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of herding
Verb
  • The script’s air of inevitability prevents it from mustering up much suspense.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
  • For most, the choice then narrows to either carrying one’s grievances to the grave or mustering the courage and resolve to defect.
    — Jieun Baek, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of mustering
Verb
  • Critics have been literally flocking to speak publicly against the cameras, as city officials and police departments have held town halls in all of metro Atlanta’s four largest counties since August.
    — Graham Hurley, CNN Money, 1 Nov. 2026
  • While European customers are generally flocking to the European Space Agency’s Ariane 6 rocket, others are booking slots on upcoming medium-lift rockets, such as Rocket Lab’s Neutron rocket.
    — Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of flocking
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