entraining

verb

present participle of entrain
as in enplaning

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  1. mounting
  2. getting in
  3. boarding
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  • Its debt load has been mounting for years, but the COVID pandemic and an energy crisis made things worse.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Advertisement The Defense Secretary has faced mounting scrutiny over his handling of the Iran war, the removal of senior military officers, and the Pentagon's relationship with Congress.
    — Nik Popli, Time, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of mounting
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  • Even its vaunted basketball program is getting in on the act.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026
  • The higher draft pick Indy is getting in this trade comes in 2027.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of getting in
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  • Blumhouse Atomic and Tiny Onion are already working on a movie adaptation of Tynion’s horror comic Something Is Killing the Children, with Craig Zobel recently boarding as director.
    — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Investigators found a video showing a customer boarding a plane in Havana bound for Fort Lauderdale, along with messages celebrating arrivals on the Cancun-Fort Lauderdale route and photographs of passports and airline tickets.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of boarding
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