rampaging

Definition of rampagingnext
present participle of rampage

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Verb
  • For years, he has been sequestered in their house, ranting, raving and writing nonsensical math equations in hundreds of notebooks.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The president of the United States is stark-raving mad.
    Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Those are just a few of the questions that audience members are ranting and raving their way through while exiting the Hayes Theater.
    Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Was there ever a great Final Four that didn't have one guy in a suit (or pullover) lording over the media room, ranting in the locker room or pointing fingers on one of those sidelines?
    ABC News, ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Eddie, a blustering man who’s often the loudest to laugh at the fat jokes hurled his way, is on the cusp of landing a new contract for his own variety show at CBS, a much larger network than his and Maggie’s current employer.
    Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The ground beneath your feet may be carrying on a kind of conversation.
    Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Marcos Acosta might seem like an unlikely character to be carrying on the two-century-long tradition of Western American art in Colorado.
    Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Ironing or steaming clothes after a long travel day.
    Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Martone’s gorgeous touch pass to Dvorak sent him steaming ahead with Travis Konecny, with only Mason Lohrei defending.
    Kevin Kurz, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • With the war in Iraq raging, the 84-year-old pope, weakened by Parkinson’s disease and less than a year from his death, condemned the war in Iraq with Bush sitting right next to him.
    Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2026
  • With the war in Iraq raging, the 84-year-old pope, weakened by Parkinson’s disease and less than a year from his death, condemned the war in Iraq with Bush sitting right next to him.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • But Fuqua’s Hannibal is recognizably Black—an African insurgent taking on a European empire.
    Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
  • The governor has rightly made reining in this out-of-control enterprise a top priority in the state budget talks, taking on one of Albany’s most entrenched special interests — the trial lawyers — with the goal of lowering insurance costs for New Yorkers.
    Ike Brannon, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The 4-year-old girl was foaming at the mouth and unconscious when the man pulled her from the water, prompting him to call 911 and start CPR, the report stated.
    Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Holding a cup in the air the man aims a hot stream of foaming milk into a stainless steel tumbler sitting inside a steel davara that rests on the counter.
    Kalpana Mohan, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
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“Rampaging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rampaging. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.

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