busing

verb

variants also bussing
Definition of busingnext
present participle of bus
as in riding

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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for busing
  1. riding
  2. coaching
  3. sailing
  4. migrating
  5. cruising
  6. motoring
  7. navigating
  8. driving
Verb
  • Kevitt lost his right leg in a 2013 hit-and-run collision in Griffith Park while riding his bicycle after the car sped off and dragged him down a freeway onramp.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
  • Madonna kicked off the show by riding on a buggy helmed by Brazilian soccer legends Ronaldo and Ronaldinho, emerging onto the field from the tunnel of the stadium.
    — Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 20 July 2026
Definition of riding
Verb
  • Mattingly has since orchestrated a significant turnaround for the Phillies, now serving as their interim manager and coaching in the National League All-Star dugout.
    — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
  • Counting the Heat’s 2-1 record in the California Classic in San Francisco that preceded the Las Vegas event, the Heat closed the summer 4-4 in Ellington’s first time coaching on any level.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 18 July 2026
Definition of coaching
Verb
  • And Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) has struck ships sailing close to the Omani coastline.
    — Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Money, 19 July 2026
  • Among them are hundreds of thousands of families sailing aboard three Disney cruise ships, all homeported there.
    — Jack Kennedy, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2026
Definition of sailing
Verb
  • The sand added for each of those projects has been generally migrating south.
    — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2026
  • Other enterprises recently revealed to be migrating off of VMware include Allstate, T-Mobile, and UK grocery chain Tesco.
    — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 15 July 2026
Definition of migrating
Verb
  • Webb was cruising along until hitting Randy Arozarena and walking Josh Naylor with one out in the seventh, bringing the tying run to the plate.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 19 July 2026
  • This is the cruise line’s first year cruising to Alaska, and our first time sailing with MSC.
    — Susan B. Barnes, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 July 2026
Definition of cruising
Verb
  • Mora picked the ball up on halfway and just kept on motoring forward, moving towards two runners on the right, eventually nudging the ball through for Jorge Sanchez, who bundled the ball across for Quinones to finish.
    — Jack Lang, New York Times, 26 June 2026
  • Some manufacturers are trying to mimic the ICE car experience, such as retro-fitting old school motoring noises and gear simulations to entertain understimulated EV drivers.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 May 2026
Definition of motoring
Verb
  • His insistence upon management quality applies even more to biotechnology executives navigating multi-year clinical development.
    — Steve Brozak, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • But this means navigating an industry-wide supply-chain crisis driven by AI demand for memory chips.
    — The Week US, TheWeek, 21 July 2026
Definition of navigating
Verb
  • The war with Iran and renewed closure of the strait aren’t the only factors driving prices higher.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • For Åkerfeldt, there were two competing philosophies driving the band’s music.
    — Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 19 July 2026
Definition of driving

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