kilting

verb

present participle of kilt
as in sailing

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  1. sailing
  2. coasting
  3. gliding
  4. flying
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  • And Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) has struck ships sailing close to the Omani coastline.
    — Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Money, 19 July 2026
  • Among them are hundreds of thousands of families sailing aboard three Disney cruise ships, all homeported there.
    — Jack Kennedy, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2026
Definition of sailing
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  • The official figure is coasting while the private one keeps getting sharper, and the thing that used to be a sidecar now looks capable of steering.
    — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
  • Settling the score, meanwhile, is Randy Newman, whose fourth Pixar collaboration ambles along agreeably, accompanied by drivin’ tunes performed by Rascal Flatts, Sheryl Crow and Brad Paisley that are perfect for coasting along those alternate routes.
    — Michael Rechtshaffen, HollywoodReporter, 9 June 2026
Definition of coasting
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  • Who are these slimy gastropods that have been gliding across Earth since before the Ice Age?
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 July 2026
  • From royal events to sporting matches to gliding down ski slopes as kids on vacation, rarely did the public see one without the other.
    — Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Definition of gliding
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  • Breakker connected with a flying cross body over the barricade on Breakker as Cole talked up Evans developing an edge.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • But years later, some of the highest-flying professional clubs have folded due to financial mismanagement, and dozens of soccer officials have been banned or imprisoned, and numerous teams ensnared in an anti-graft campaign.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
Definition of flying
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