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shinnying

verb

present participle of shinny

as in shinning

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Not robots clambering over rigs.

— Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
And all this after clambering up through the Championship play-offs last season.

— The Athletic UK Staff, New York Times, 22 May 2026

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Maxey has also become one of the NBA’s best guards, and Edgecombe is still ascending.

— Tony Jones, New York Times, 2 July 2026
An autopsy later determined the cause of Grant’s shocking death, at just 49 years old, to be a ruptured ascending aortic aneurysm.

— Sam McDowell July 1, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026

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Demand is climbing, with Electron flying a record 21 missions in 2025 at 100% success, up from 16 the year before.

— Charlotte Kiang, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026
Park in shade when possible, use a windshield sunshade, and when climbing back into a hot car, turn the air conditioning on with recirculation off.

— Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of climbing

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