kiting

present participle of kite

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for kiting
Verb
  • All along the far side of the canyon, a cluster of dots began to wink on, like fireflies cavorting in a field.
    New York Times, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Just a few weeks earlier, Miguel Angel Garcia Medina, 31, had been cavorting with his four children at their Arlington, Texas, home, meeting his 8-year-old daughter for lunch at school and giddily planning the arrival of their fifth child.
    Rick Jervis, USA Today, 22 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Earlier this week, the actress, 35, broke out yet another pair of the sporty bottoms while frolicking around New York City.
    Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 26 May 2026
  • By watching every moment of his famous subjects frolicking around the studio, we’d all be deprived of the chance to cherish the best seconds of it.
    Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 17 May 2026
Verb
  • The Knicks had piled up massive scoring margins while romping through the Eastern Conference playoffs, then were just good enough in the two games in San Antonio.
    Brian Mahoney, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2026
  • The outcome was one few anticipated, with Gray Davis romping to victory in the Democratic primary, then winning the governorship in a landslide.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The pre-match party was packed with hundreds of people at the Discovery Center with Caribbean music, Haitian food and plenty of dancing.
    Dan Snyder, CBS News, 19 June 2026
  • Season 5 opens with Roddy dancing through London.
    K.J. Yossman, Variety, 19 June 2026
Verb
  • Khoukhi, a 35-year-old who has been in the Qatari national team program since 2013, scored the historic goal by drilling the header while leaping over a Swiss defender.
    Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2026
  • Mann’s third feature, this is where his filmmaking took on a true supercharge, leaping ahead in style and intensity.
    Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
Verb
  • While the Qatari national team practiced at nearby PayPal Park Friday morning, Switzerland trained in San Diego early in the day before hopping on a plane and making the short flight to San Jose.
    Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 13 June 2026
  • Hirano puts this premature end to the rover's mission as being down to either something becoming damaged on LEV-1 by its hopping motion, or by LEV-1's battery depletion, either way preventing data from being relayed back to Earth.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 13 June 2026
Verb
  • During Costco's third quarter earnings call on May 28, company leaders revealed that several products across food, home, and sporting goods categories recently received price reductions.
    Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 15 June 2026
  • In addition to wearing trendy capri pants, Lopez recently stepped out in a pair of open-toed mule heels similar to the style Collins was recently sporting.
    Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026
Verb
  • By 2011, the New York City Police Department was stopping and frisking nearly 700,000 people a year, mostly in neighborhoods that were home to poor Black people and Latinos.
    Elizabeth Glazer, The Atlantic, 19 May 2026
  • More than a decade ago, a federal court found that the New York City Police Department had been unconstitutionally stopping and frisking Black and Hispanic residents.
    Eric Umansky, ProPublica, 11 May 2026
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“Kiting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kiting. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.

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