RAFTING Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

rafting

verb

Definition of rafting

present participle of raft

as in ballooning

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Such is the fate that befalls Meta, whose shares fell as much as 10% in after-hours trading Wednesday after the company missed earnings due to costs ballooning 55% (Meta’s stock later recovered some ground and was down 7%).

— Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 30 July 2026
So far there’s no sign of that, and time is running out, although to its credit the EU, with its Industrial Accelerator Act, wants urgent action to save local automakers from succumbing to ballooning Chinese sales.

— Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of ballooning

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Kat and Aesha take the guests swimming in some nearby caves while the rest of the crew holds down the fort.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2026
Sanchez said that the ruling had been intentionally misconstrued by migrant smugglers to convince thousands of people to cross by swimming around the border fence.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of swimming

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The project, which involves a partnership between the University of Miami Rosenstiel School and other researchers, focuses on collecting floating coral egg and sperm bundles.

— Joan Murray, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
Next is the soft fragrance of iris floating from a field of blooms to the right.

— Dana Thomas, Architectural Digest, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of floating

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On Tuesday, July 28, the Viking Ullur ship was sailing down the Danube River, Europe’s second-longest river that flows from southwestern Germany to the Black Sea.

— Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026
That connection comes into focus on the Lake-to-Estate Voyage, sailing from the Kelowna Yacht Club to three of the city’s best vineyards and tracing the journey from water to wine.

— Lisa Kadane, Travel + Leisure, 29 July 2026

Definition of sailing

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