girding

present participle of gird
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Verb
  • Reheat by wrapping in foil and baking at 300°F for 10 to 15 minutes, or heat individual slices in the microwave for about 20 seconds.
    Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Barefoot Caribou Hair Tools Travel Bag No more wrapping your curling iron in a towel and hoping for the best.
    Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Some school districts are even equipping buses with Wi-Fi hot spots or loaning devices to families, says Ellerson Ng.
    Sherri Gordon, Parents, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Educators can offer seminars on digital literacy for parents and children, equipping families with tools to navigate online spaces more safely.
    Alvin Thomas, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Despite questions surrounding his confirmation, Hegseth secured support in January from all but three Republicans to become Defense secretary with a 51-50 vote as Vice President JD Vance broke the tie.
    Jay Stahl, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Assembled over three years, Bolaño’s rubric was simple, surrounding herself with pieces that inspired creativity.
    Keith Flanagan, Architectural Digest, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The furniture, objects, and art left me feeling culturally satisfied and inspired to finally finish furnishing my apartment.
    Libby Page, Vogue, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Available for sale on the company’s website, Ten Runner offers a taste that is on the stronger side for bourbon, while furnishing notes of caramel, almond, and apple, without too sweet a finish.
    Andy Frye, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • No other spacecraft has probed beneath the clouds encircling Jupiter the way that Juno has, or has imaged our Solar System’s largest planet so comprehensively and over such extended periods of time.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Nonetheless, its economy has largely adapted to Western sanctions, and Russian forces are advancing in the Donbas, now encircling the city of Pokrovsk and steadily advancing toward Kostyantynivka.
    Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Once seen as a cloud laggard, Oracle is now positioning itself as a central player in supplying infrastructure for the AI boom, aided by Larry Ellison’s close ties with tech leaders like Elon Musk and Nvidia’s Jensen Huang.
    Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Continue reading … SHEEN COMES CLEAN – Charlie Sheen reveals how his massive drug habit alarmed the drug cartel supplying him.
    , FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Girding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/girding. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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