pitchpoling

present participle of pitchpole

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pitchpoling
Verb
  • Contrasting this was a black button-down underneath his jacket, essentially inverting the classic suit color scheme.
    Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025
  • This coaster is wild mayhem, with two commanding launches that send you inverting and free-spinning into total bliss.
    Zachary Laks, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Second, the flowing glacier brings more ice forward to replace what breaks off, slowing the cliff’s inland retreat and making a chain reaction of cliff toppling less likely.
    Evan Howell, Quanta Magazine, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Likewise, in 2022, youth protesters in Sri Lanka also succeeded in toppling the ruling regime.
    Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • By a conservative estimate, the Kinahans were turning over tens of millions of dollars annually.
    Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
  • This fall, many people are turning over a new leaf well ahead of January.
    Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Climate change is upending the global insurance industry by driving more extreme events.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Chicago teachers said federal immigration agents are disrupting their jobs, upending their communities and traumatizing their students.
    Christian Orozco, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Operators of another boat happened to be on the phone with the Coast Guard checking conditions in the inlet and reported the vessel, the Moonstruck, capsizing, according to The Coastland Times.
    Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • To respond, Barrett explained the doctrine of stare decisis and the considerations that go into overturning precedent like reliance interests — or important things that would be called into question if a law or ruling no longer existed.
    Samantha Riedel, Them., 20 Oct. 2025
  • The Court appears poised to extend this reasoning further, potentially overturning , which has protected independent agency officials from at-will removal for nearly ninety years.
    Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
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“Pitchpoling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pitchpoling. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

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