sallying

Definition of sallyingnext
present participle of sally

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • The feeling of jumping into the spring all sweaty and sore was magnificent.
    Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 May 2026
  • Meanwhile, Dell Technologies was right behind, jumping 31% after reporting its strongest sales growth since 2018.
    Dylan Butts, CNBC, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • The United States, Australia and the United Kingdom have taken a big step towards tackling growing threats to undersea pipelines and cables, which carry huge amounts of energy and data around the world.
    Tim Lister, CNN Money, 31 May 2026
  • The Spa The hotel’s stylish subterranean spa, a roughly 6,500-square-foot complex, features candlelit treatment rooms offering everything from deep-tissue recovery work to the Rea Signature four-hands massage, with two specialists simultaneously tackling your stress.
    Anya von Bremzen, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2026
Verb
  • The charging documents showed that Lunn restrained the victim in a bear hug, pinning her arms to her sides, and forced her to the ground behind a quad bench in an overgrown garden area.
    CBS Baltimore Staff, CBS News, 7 June 2026
  • As charging partner, ABB also provides all the facilities to replenish the Formula E cars between sessions.
    James Morris, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
Verb
  • The star ingredients of Skintimate’s Fragrance Free 2-in-1 Shave Oil + Moisturizer are ideal for creating just that, pairing vitamin E—which is both a water-attracting humectant and water-trapping emollient—along with shea, almond, and jojoba oils.
    Eden Stuart, Allure, 29 May 2026
  • People rely on the Amazon for water and the hotter, drier conditions should increase wildfire risk, Seabrook said, threatening to turn the Amazon, which now sucks heat-trapping carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, into a region that worsens the problem.
    Seth Borenstein, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026
Verb
  • Boldy, who not long before had a goal overturned for kicking the puck in past Oettinger, went to the net alone while Tyler Myers was preoccupied mugging Joel Eriksson Ek out of the corner.
    Michael Russo, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Anticipating that someone might tip off TMZ about his presence at Disney World, the Republican Florida senator Rick Scott posted a photo of himself mugging for the camera there.
    Paula Mejía, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Rather than attacking all rapidly growing cells, as chemotherapy does, the drug targets a key cancer-driving pathway known as KRAS, which is involved in more than 90% of pancreatic tumors.
    Luzdelia Caballero, CBS News, 5 June 2026
  • Akindahunsi is accused of attacking several women the night of May 28.
    Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
Verb
  • Hurley has previously shared her advice for capturing the perfect bikini photo.
    Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2026
  • If the company wants to pay off that story, one path would be Omega finally capturing the championship before defending it against Ospreay at Wembley Stadium.
    Rob Wolkenbrod, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
Verb
  • Rabb was propelled by a constellation of progressive groups, charting a path to victory partly by assailing his own party as listening more to donors than voters.
    CBS News, CBS News, 24 May 2026
  • Rabb was propelled by a constellation of progressive groups, charting a path to victory partly by assailing his own party as listening more to donors than voters.
    Marc Levy, Fortune, 23 May 2026
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“Sallying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sallying. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.

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