brigading

Definition of brigadingnext
present participle of brigade

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for brigading
Verb
  • Ziaire Williams made two 3-pointers in the final three minutes and the Brooklyn Nets ended a 10-game losing streak by rallying to beat the Detroit Pistons 107-105 on Saturday night.
    CBS News, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • And once again on Sunday, Bay Hill delivered a finale worthy of The King himself with Akshay Bhatia pulling off an Arnie-like charge, rallying from five shots down on the back nine and passing Daniel Berger to win the tournament’s first sudden-death playoff since 1999.
    Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • With a global plastics treaty stalled and tens of thousands of items piling up per square kilometer in the Mediterranean’s deepest trench, the gap between the scale of ocean plastic pollution and the world’s response to it is only growing.
    Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Soon, bodies are piling up as Spade, the police, O’Shaughnessy and her co-conspirators search for the relic.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • They are built by stacking multiple memory dies, each thinner than a human hair, with microscopic precision.
    Ian King, Bloomberg, 8 Mar. 2026
  • And because these trips rely on stacking PTO with existing days off, they can be planned far in advance, which often means better flight deals.
    Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Northern counties can expect 4–6 inches, with banding producing occasional higher totals.
    Brandi D. Addison, IndyStar, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Staffers are banding and taking samples from common raptor species throughout the county, according to a district social media post.
    Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The agents swarming the car to detain Rodriguez knew a lot about her and her husband, Medina said.
    Elise Hammond, CNN Money, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Those factors make the drone ideal for swarming and overburdening aerial defenses, with each drone intercepted also representing a more valuable defense asset expended.
    Dylan Butts, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • In June last year, a shepherd in Chebaa, south Lebanon, named Mohammad Kanaan was herding cattle with his two sons when an Israeli drone strike targeted them.
    Justin Salhani, The Dial, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Republican margins in Congress are extremely slim and getting members to coalesce behind one blueprint will be like herding cats.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • But Tuesday night’s attempt was abysmal, with Canada only mustering four shots on goal in the first period and just 20 by the end of the night.
    Michael Russo, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The government in Caracas wants Venezuelans out and about, though the streets are quiet, apart from a few militia members mustering with their motorcycles.
    Mary Triny Mena, CNN Money, 5 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The results at Ross Stores reinforce that shoppers are flocking to off-price chains because those chains offer the best bargains.
    Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Apartments cheaper than cars Some are flocking to places like Hegang, a cold and remote coal mining city in northeastern China famous for shockingly cheap housing prices.
    Albee Zhang, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2026
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“Brigading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brigading. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.

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