poising

verb

present participle of poise
1
as in bracing
to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally the disgraced business executive poised herself for the difficult press conference

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2
as in hovering
to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air the falcon poised in the air for an instant before diving to attack its prey

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  1. bracing
  2. hovering
  3. fortifying
  4. floating
  5. readying
  6. sailing
  7. swimming
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  • This bifurcated reality—strong revenue growth alongside deteriorating loan books—suggests banks are bracing for a potential economic downturn.
    — Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • More than 60 million people from Ohio to Massachusetts and Virginia are bracing for possible flash flooding on Monday following a deadly holiday weekend heat wave that left much of the East Coast sweltering in triple-digit temperatures.
    — Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 6 July 2026
Definition of bracing
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  • Joe Raedle | Getty Images Mortgage rates have been hovering in a tight range for more than a month, and that range is on the relatively high side.
    — Diana Olick, CNBC, 8 July 2026
  • The Guajes de Ayala community had warned law enforcement that the cartel was closing in on their town and also shared videos of cartel drones hovering overhead and the location of cartel fighters inching closer to their homes on social media.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
Definition of hovering
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  • The Gulf has made significant progress in fortifying its cyber resilience and digital infrastructure, but many argue that its insurance frameworks have not kept pace with the growing systemic risks posed by today’s cybercriminals.
    — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 7 July 2026
  • Moscow has spent years fortifying Crimea, tripling its troop presence, deploying advanced air defenses and coastal batteries, and studding the land with missile launch systems.
    — Marc Santora, New York Times, 4 July 2026
Definition of fortifying
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  • Officials have said the pool most likely would need to be drained again for liner repairs after chunks of blue coating were seen floating at the surface.
    — Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • Officials said the debris was scattered across a wide area, with strong winds, rough seas and shifting ocean currents carrying floating wreckage away from the crash site, complicating efforts to locate the missing crew.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026
Definition of floating
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  • In an interview with the Financial Times, Eurostar CEO Gwendoline Cazenave said the company is readying itself for temperatures normally associated with Saudi Arabia.
    — Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 10 July 2026
  • European producer-distributor Off The Fence has now boarded the pic and is readying it as a package for the market.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 July 2026
Definition of readying
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  • Similarly, Gemini services sailing to Ningbo on the May date had a 24-hour waiting time on average, which had extended to a one-to-two-day average time to berth by the end of June.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 8 July 2026
  • Where Crystal Symphony Sails The ship is sailing to Alaska in the summer of 2026 before moving onward to Canada, New England, and the Caribbean.
    — Fran Golden, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026
Definition of sailing
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  • These include leptospirosis, a bacterial disease that can cause flu-like symptoms, which people can contract by swimming in freshwater puddles, ponds, or streams contaminated with animal urine.
    — Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 13 July 2026
  • In another case, a child contracted it while swimming in Lake Michigan and in yet another, a man was infected while cleaning up sewage.
    — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 11 July 2026
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