fueling

variants or fuelling
present participle of fuel

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Recent Examples of fueling Delivering zero-emission fueling operations, the vehicle ensures reliable and efficient fuel transfer. Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2025
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Verb
  • The keys for Alabama will be avoiding early mistakes, starting fast, and generating explosive plays to win the rematch.
    Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
  • This mixes with warmer, saltier water beneath, generating more ocean turbulence, which in turn increases ice melting.
    Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 10 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Trump is pushing France to nix a 3% tech levy on revenue from large digital services that has been in place since 2019.
    Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 15 June 2026
  • If their next outing doesn’t keep carefully evolving, they can get branded a one-trick pony, but pushing the envelope too far can alienate day-one fans.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 15 June 2026
Verb
  • The iGen 2200 has no problem powering many of the essential appliances in your RV simultaneously and has 2200 starting watts of power.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
  • Games like Space Engineers and Surviving Mars also do a great job of simulating energy bottlenecks; one of the major challenges of powering a real moon base isn't so much generating enough power as delivering it efficiently and reliably.
    Alan Bradley, Space.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The uprising became a turning point in the struggle for LGBTQ+ rights, energizing a new generation of activists and helping propel a movement that would reverberate far beyond New York.
    Diana Rodriguez, Time, 8 June 2026
  • Citrus Brasilis is bursting with mandarin, lemon, and bergamot, with an energizing kick courtesy of mint leaves.
    Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 4 June 2026
Verb
  • Officials in California are continuing to search for 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro days after charging his parents with murder in his disappearance.
    Melina Khan, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
  • The idea of charging broadcasters for the use of spectrum is not entirely new.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • That was mainly due to the group’s electrifying posse cuts that chronicle the process of working hard for a buck, celebrating your wins in dramatic fashion, and inspiring the neighborhood.
    Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 10 Dec. 2025
  • The 6-foot-2, 210-pound Kalsbeck broke three tackles and left two other defenders clutching air on his electrifying score.
    Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 7 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • One such post targeting the wife of a Dooley operative led to Collins firing a top political aide responsible for the post.
    Tia Mitchell, AJC.com, 17 June 2026
  • Tunisia have appointed Herve Renard as their new head coach after firing Sabri Lamouchi just one game into the World Cup.
    Sam Joseph, New York Times, 16 June 2026
Verb
  • He was removed from office last year after the Constitutional Court upheld his impeachment, triggering a snap election that was won by liberal President Lee Jae Myung.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 12 June 2026
  • During these cosmic collisions, gas is funneled toward galactic centers, triggering intense bursts of star formation, later followed by supernova explosions that drive powerful winds that prevent any new stars from being born.
    Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 11 June 2026

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“Fueling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fueling. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.

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