jellying

present participle of jelly

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Verb
  • Roger Hodgson, a posh young guitarist whose post-private school rearing clashed with Davies' own humble origins, wound up gelling with Davies, and Supertramp was born — after a few months under the moniker of Daddy.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Trump has also taken an unusually hands-on approach to pressure policy and leadership changes at a slew of colleges and universities by freezing, or threatening to withhold, federal funding at campuses, including Columbia, George Mason, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, Brown, and Michigan.
    Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 10 Sep. 2025
  • That's why removing your personal information from these sites is just as important as freezing your credit.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Yet that comes as experts say competition among convenience stores is stiffening.
    Natalie Rice, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
  • But most recently it has been hit from several sides, most notably stiffening competition primarily from Amazon, off-pricers and membership clubs as well as Walmart and Target.
    David Moin, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The basketball gods have handed us an opportunity — a chance to stir up a rivalry that has been sitting cold and coagulating on the back burner for far too long.
    Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2025
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“Jellying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jellying. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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