gloving

present participle of glove

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Verb
  • The first is light management (trapping more photons), and the second is interface passivation (reducing energy losses).
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Staff tried to bar the doors, Mitchell said, but the water got in, trapping her and others inside.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Hundreds of agents swarmed apartments in the multi-story building, detaining several American citizens, including children, for hours and netting 37 total arrests.
    Michael Loria, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Drew Pavao was unstoppable, netting five goals for Case (5-2-0) in an 8-0 South Coast Conference win over Bourne.
    Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Four innings before the Jays finished Saturday’s 10-1 blowout win over the New York Yankees, snatching a series-opening victory in the American League Division Series, Gausman was relegated to spectator.
    Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Finney triumphed at the end of that film, dispatching child-snatching serial killer the Grabber (Ethan Hawke) with help from the ghosts of his previous victims and one of Gwen’s psychic visions.
    Katie Rife, IndieWire, 21 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • While authenticity and accessibility are being explored and celebrated right now in sports, the leaders in these spheres are still grappling with the direction and guardrails that may need to be put in place to ensure that athletes and fans are both protected.
    Andrew McGowan, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The Fed is grappling with where to set a key interest rate at a time of conflicting signals, with inflation running above its 2% target and hiring nearly ground to a halt, driving the unemployment rate higher in August.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Sixteen years passed — an eternity by rap’s standards — as Pusha T became a successful solo artist and label executive while Malice took a hiatus from rapping to pursue his faith.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Just hours after the app’s launch on Tuesday, memes created using its AI video-generation technology were already spreading to other social networks—including, for example, a video of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman rapping from the inside of a toilet bowl.
    Billy Perrigo, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Securing the Shield ensures the top seed for Philly and home-field advantage throughout the MLS Cup playoffs for a team that has quietly gone about a consistent season without grabbing much in the way of attention.
    The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Without strangers lunging at her and grabbing her forearm.
    Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • If snagging a portable with a cutting-edge GPU is important to you, this MSI laptop is going to be the hottest deal of the sale.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Pass the time until Oprah’s Favorite Things List 2025 makes its debut by snagging picks from lists past, like these blue light reading glasses and these comfy memory foam slippers.
    Averi Baudler, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Pro Bowl returner had a Pro Bowl-type breakout as a receiver in last year's Week 17 matchup against these same Bengals, snaring a 51-yard touchdown bomb from Bo Nix in the fourth quarter and adding another game-tying score at the end of regulation to push that late-December game into overtime.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2025
  • When Bello hit Tyler Heineman with a pitch to lead off the fifth, the right-hander immediately drew a double play from George Springer, helping his own cause by snaring the grounder up the middle and firing the ball to second.
    Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
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“Gloving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gloving. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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