rucking

present participle of ruck

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for rucking
Verb
  • Here’s a cotton dress that resists wrinkles thanks to its poplin fabric—a tight weave that boosts durability and prevents creasing.
    Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The video shows Brown seated behind the victim before pulling out a folding knife and stabbing her multiple times without provocation.
    Amanda Castro Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Wild Land also packages in a standard folding mini-table that can be used right inside the tent as a low dining table or laptop workstation in conjunction with the folding mat that doubles as a lounge seat, also included standard.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Singh was blocking both lanes of the northbound Turnpike when Dufresne’s Chrysler Town & Country minivan hit the truck, crumpling underneath the 18-wheeler’s trailer.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Video reviewed and verified by ABC News shows the moment the tower collapses, rippling the canvas of an encampment's tents.
    Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Its iconic skyline frames towering landmarks like Willis Tower (once the tallest building in the world) and the rippling Aqua Tower.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • After a nutria was tossed fifteen or twenty times, snotlike entrails began to protrude from the bullet holes, at which point Miss Louisiana, wrinkling her nose, would place it in a trash bucket and select a fresh carcass from the cooler.
    Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The 30-percent linen two-piece is breathable, comfortable, and resists wrinkling—ideal for flights and airport days.
    Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2025
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“Rucking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rucking. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.

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