embanking

present participle of embank

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for embanking
Verb
  • The colder conditions will raise the potential for accumulating snow across parts of the Midwest and the Appalachians, including areas farther south and at lower elevations than usual, AccuWeather said.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Detroit could also see accumulating snowfall from Sunday morning into midday, possibly affecting busy urban and highway traffic routes.
    Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • South Africa is already an important global actor, as a member of the G-20 and an early member of the BRICS grouping alongside Brazil, Russia, India, and China.
    Amaka Anku, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2025
  • For the annual Mansion in May show house, design firm Toledo Geller divided a long garden-level room with a pair of back-to-back sofas, grouping small card tables for tournaments on one side and a single pedestal table for cozier game nights on the other.
    Catherine Hong, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The exhilarating Christmas Eve in Miller's Point wastes no time in assembling its massive cast of mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, cousins, in-laws, and pet lizards.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Tony Vitello will be tasked with assembling a new group of pitching coaches.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The show debuted at #3 on the iTunes Comedy Charts, amassing hundreds of thousands of subscribers in its first year.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2025
  • The video went viral, amassing over 2 million views.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The United States and France first warned more than a decade ago that Russian satellites appeared to be spying and collecting information on their assets, including on commercially run satellites.
    Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Those instruments stayed grounded during Melissa, while other instruments and drones collecting forecast information were deployed.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Also try massing in borders or foundation plantings.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025
  • While sargassum plays an important ecological role in the open ocean, its massing onshore has become a serious problem.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Downstream, late launches miss peak consumer interest, hurting full-price sell-through and piling up excess inventory.
    Raj Dhiman, Sourcing Journal, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The window to stash Reed has opened with the dynamic playmaker possibly returning by the end of the month, and injuries piling up on the offensive side of the ball for Green Bay.
    Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Customers can cancel anytime, move service easily and often save more when bundling with a T-Mobile mobile plan.
    Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Subway is bundling the taste of traditional Thanksgiving into a fast, easy-to-eat, and cost-effective option for those who don’t have the time, money, or resources to prepare a full Thanksgiving meal.
    Amanda Greenwood, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
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“Embanking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embanking. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.

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