juggling

present participle of juggle

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of juggling The first journalist Leavitt called on asked her for the secret to juggling her hard-charging career with her newborn daughter and 2-year-old son. Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026 Most children are forgotten in cars when caregivers are operating on autopilot mode while juggling several responsibilities at once. Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Aug. 2026 One of this season’s major storylines is Gallagher juggling his bosun duties while trying to be present for Cameron and their newborn son who are living nearby in Croatia. Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026 No team has more moving pieces on its pitching staff than Chicago, which is incorporating trade deadline acquisitions while planning out injury returns and juggling multiple pitchers between the rotation and the bullpen. Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026 In a 1991 commencement speech at Georgia Tech, Brian Dyson told students to imagine life as a game of juggling five balls — work, family, health, friends and spirit. Amy Wenk, AJC.com, 24 Aug. 2026 Delivering that is a lot more stressful than juggling a 22-hours-a-week prime-time schedule. Josef Adalian, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2026 Fastest marathon while juggling a soccer ball, the men’s record for most touches of a soccer ball in one hour, the list goes on — 11,901 is the number to beat on the latter, for anyone looking to take a stab at it. Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026 International leadership is juggling quite a bit of strife recently. Katie Campione, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for juggling
Verb
  • In many cases, the robot tail wags the living dog by tricking it—tricking us—into caring about obscure metrics, then gamifying the process of improving them.
    Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Children were taken by tricking mothers, who were told their baby had died during childbirth.
    Ashoka, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Anybody hoping that a Netanyahu defeat in October and the emergence of a less controversial successor will reset the table is likely fooling themselves.
    Daniel DePetris, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Throughout all the commotion, Romelu Lukaku acted as decoy, holding on to the ball, fooling everyone, including the TV producer, who pulled up a graphic showing his recent penalty record.
    Geir Jordet, New York Times, 15 July 2026
Verb
  • Paul has long accused Fauci of deceiving Americans about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 29 July 2026
  • The ensuing investigation ultimately revealed that Angela had framed Hadley and uncovered evidence of her long history of deceiving people to gain sympathy.
    Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 23 July 2026

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“Juggling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/juggling. Accessed 31 Aug. 2026.

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