spiriting

Definition of spiritingnext
present participle of spirit
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spiriting
Verb
  • Five people were arrested last week after a months-long investigation into a series of chain-snatching robberies in San Francisco, police said on Wednesday.
    Kassia Bonesteel, CBS News, 27 May 2026
  • All four keep impatiently cutting each other off, snatching the phone back and forth.
    Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 19 May 2026
Verb
  • Videos of stadium workers capturing a possum in one fan section and spraying gnats on the field during the last few weeks haven’t helped the team’s image.
    Joaquin Ruiz, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2026
  • The five-star analyst highlighted that Energy Transfer raised its full-year earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, or EBITDA, guidance, with the company capturing its full-year optimization target in the first quarter itself.
    TipRanks.com Staff, CNBC, 24 May 2026
Verb
  • In 1940, the German army was invading and seizing one European country after another.
    CBS News, CBS News, 24 May 2026
  • Prosecutors also said the captain received radio calls from cartel members attempting to communicate with the Aquatravesia before boarding or seizing the vessel.
    Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2026
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“Spiriting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spiriting. Accessed 31 May. 2026.

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