kiting

Definition of kitingnext
present participle of kite
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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
  • 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
  • Their day also included laughing, frolicking and square dancing, as documented in her caption as well as within the content of her Instagram carousel.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • The outcome was one few anticipated, with Gray Davis romping to victory in the Democratic primary, then winning the governorship in a landslide.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • In doing so dancing, much like writing, becomes an act of generational integration and re-membering.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 May 2026
  • The video went viral of us just dancing and having fun with the song.
    Lucas Villa, Rolling Stone, 28 May 2026
Verb
  • Most people saw Erivo as a hero, leaping in to save a friend with no thought to her own safety.
    K.J. Yossman, Variety, 27 May 2026
  • The film’s memorable bike chase and bathtub are blessedly intact, as is the iconic sequence of Michael and the vamps leaping from a bridge to avoid an oncoming train.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 26 May 2026
Verb
  • The show also featured an unofficial State Property reunion, with Beanie Sigel, Freeway, Peedi Crakk, Memphis Bleek, and Young Gunz all hopping on the mic at various intervals.
    Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 31 May 2026
  • But in the era of job-hopping and freelancing, freedom can come with a cost.
    Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 30 May 2026
Verb
  • Judge Nelson’s concerns are unfounded, as Kalshi and its confederates—Robinhood, Coinbase, and the CFTC—are not relying solely on the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act update to substantiate their claim that the CEA empowers the CFTC to regulate betting on the outcomes of sporting events.
    Daniel Wallach, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • By July, things were Instagram official, and by Christmas, Lipa was sporting a round diamond mounted on a thick cigar band, a ring commissioned by Turner after consultation with Lipa's close friends.
    Eve Batey, Vanity Fair, 31 May 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 3 Jun. 2026.

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