RIDGING Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

ridging

verb

present participle of ridge

as in drifting

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That microbudget indie, directed by Thompson and starring O’Sullivan as a drifting 34-year-old nanny in Chicago, won the Austin festival’s audience award and later earned a John Cassavetes Spirit Award nomination.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 9 Nov. 2026
Its pilot repeatedly attempted to activate RTH, but the drone continued drifting with the wind.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2026

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The recent unrest in Europe and continued softness in the Middle East means brands are banking even more — and putting extra pressure — on the US.

— Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2026
Of course, less favorable time zones almost guarantee lower viewership for at least the next couple World Cups, but FIFA is nonetheless banking that this year’s event will juice interest stateside in four years time.

— Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026

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Micelles that form in the liquid dope prevent the messy, disordered proteins from clumping and getting tangled.

— Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 28 Oct. 2026
Proteins and blood cells Proteins and DNA can gather on plastic surfaces, and lysozyme, a common test protein, also began clumping into aggregates there.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026

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