brigading

verb

present participle of brigade
as in rallying

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brigading
  1. rallying
  2. piling
  3. stacking
  4. banding
  5. swarming
  6. herding
  7. mustering
  8. flocking
Verb
  • The case has drawn growing national attention, with prominent civil rights leaders and public figures rallying behind Wells' family, including Crump, Sharpton, former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick and filmmaker Tyler Perry.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026
  • While the tech sector has seen a 20% drawdown, other major sectors like healthcare, energy, and financials are rallying strongly.
    — Garth Friesen, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of rallying
Verb
  • High energy costs have been highlighted as a key issue, piling pressure on policymakers to ramp up North Sea oil production even as Britain pushes ahead with its net-zero carbon goals.
    — Chloe Taylor,Joseph Wilkins, CNBC, 20 July 2026
  • At times, on her way to an event, Machado found heavy machinery tearing up the ground, or tractors piling soil in the road.
    — Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
Definition of piling
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  • The Western practice of stacking your engagement ring and wedding band on your left ring finger is not actually the norm in every culture.
    — Boutayna Chokrane, Vogue, 17 July 2026
  • Halle Berry has publicly discussed taking magnesium and creatine to manage brain fog, giving supplement stacking mainstream visibility.
    — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026
Definition of stacking
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  • One common option is banding or rubber band ligation.
    — Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Scientists now monitor the species' population through citizen science projects like the Christmas Bird Count and by banding the chicks.
    — Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
Definition of banding
Verb
  • So if these videos aren’t already swarming your For You Page, here’s what’s going on.
    — Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 21 July 2026
  • Scenes of the takeovers, which have shown hundreds to thousands of teens swarming an area, have circulated online.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 17 July 2026
Definition of swarming
Verb
  • Other cooperative strategies include herding mobile rays, blocking an escape path while hunting white sharks, and deliberately producing waves to bump penguins off ice floes.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026
  • Horseback riding in the gentle meadows and stunning mountains is the main event here, but there is plenty to do beyond that— hiking, river tubing, board games, herding cattle, hayrides, the list goes on.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 July 2026
Definition of herding
Verb
  • Serena looked down, heaved a sigh and hooked her knee around the pole before mustering up a halfhearted spin.
    — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
  • With that technique putting more pace on the ball, forwards just need to redirect the ball instead of mustering their own power on a slower delivery.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 26 June 2026
Definition of mustering
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  • Audiences are still flocking to true stories as well as fictional narratives set in an authentic past.
    — David Faris, TheWeek, 23 July 2026
  • After years of wealthy out-of-staters flocking to South Florida and ceaseless luxury development, Miami has dethroned New York and Los Angeles as the most expensive of the United States’ 10 most populous metropolitan areas.
    — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
Definition of flocking
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