roosting

present participle of roost

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Verb
  • There have been many previous perching drone designs, but these typically have hooks or grasping claws to hold on to branches or powerlines, or use magnets or gecko-like feet to attach to vertical surfaces.
    David Hambling, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Dell held its own in the primary test, coming close to the Acer’s score but landing behind the Asus.
    Charles Jefferies, PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2025
  • More Weibo What To Know The two electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOLs) crashed on Tuesday, September 16.
    Robert Birsel Shane Croucher John Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Airline fares increased almost 6% from July to August (up from 4% the prior month), while lodging like hotels and motels rose almost 3%, according to the CPI data.
    Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The 90-day window for lodging a challenge is tight, but veto referendums have been successful in Missouri as recently as 2017, when labor unions successfully organized to defeat a right-to-work law that would have banned compulsory union fees.
    Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Once seen as a cloud laggard, Oracle is now positioning itself as a central player in supplying infrastructure for the AI boom, aided by Larry Ellison’s close ties with tech leaders like Elon Musk and Nvidia’s Jensen Huang.
    Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
  • More than a third reported not positioning for tail risk compared with 14% and 12% of firms in EMEA and APAC.
    Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Roosting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roosting. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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