busing

variants also bussing
Definition of busingnext
present participle of bus

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of busing Louisville's racial divide was made clear with busing Michael Hicks remembers seeing men in military green with rifles outside the bus ports, sometimes escorting students. Lillian Metzmeier, Louisville Courier Journal, 18 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for busing
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Verb
  • Johnny’s life was cut short in a tragedy that still feels impossible to process — struck and killed by a car while riding his bicycle.
    Peter Folan, Boston Herald, 25 Feb. 2026
  • The teaser trailer shows Corrin as Jane Austen’s beloved protagonist sitting atop her house in the early 19th century, and glimpses of the brooding Darcy from behind a doorway and riding his horse.
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 24 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • To be fair, there is some overreaction, but coaching college baseball, much more so than basketball or football, is so radically different from the pros.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Texas State, unlike the other Division I universities in Texas, has two Black basketball coaches, with Terrence Johnson leading the men and Zenarae Antoine coaching the women.
    Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 22 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • On March 7, 1949, researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) were stationed on a boat called the R/V Atlantis that was sailing off the coast of Bermuda.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The fleet comprises aging vessels and tankers owned by nontransparent entities with addresses in non-sanctioning countries, and sailing under flags from such countries.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • By mid-February, raptors, including hawks and eagles, begin migrating north.
    Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Native plants, like the red buckeye, provide essential food sources for migrating wildlife such as hummingbirds.
    Campbell Vaughn, USA Today, 21 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • In terms of broader wellness offerings, the property has complimentary bikes for cruising around the neighborhood, group meditation and sound bath sessions, morning yoga, and Sunday hikes to Tahquitz Canyon.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Feb. 2026
  • These unique one-way sailings generally occur at the beginning or end of a cruising season (typically in the spring or fall) when ships need to return to their home ports.
    Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 21 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Still Talking, her final book, will star the same wonderful characters motoring through their days on tides of chat.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
  • In the red zone with the Broncos motoring on a two-minute drill to end the first half Sunday, Nix stepped up in a collapsing pocket and got dragged down by the Commanders’ Preston Smith.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 1 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Treading a fine line in Venezuela’s power struggle The amnesty push comes against the backdrop of Venezuela’s fragile post-Maduro landscape, with the acting government under Rodríguez navigating US pressure, economic challenges and calls for stability.
    Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The Nuggets have used Jalen Pickett and Julian Strawther as complementary guards in the starting lineup over the last month while navigating injuries.
    Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 19 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The congresswoman said Rafael had been detained by ICE agents after a routine inspection while driving a commercial cargo truck in Louisiana.
    Michael Rios, CNN Money, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Tutash Express and Sam Express in the Chicago area were also disqualified, and the Aydana driving school that the trucker involved in the crash attended lost its certification.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Feb. 2026

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“Busing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/busing. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.

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