stabling

verb

Definition of stablingnext
present participle of stable
as in tenting

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stabling
  1. tenting
  2. shedding
  3. roosting
  4. boarding
  5. rooming
  6. securing
  7. lodging
  8. quartering
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  • For those who prefer tenting with a partner, Tentsile is simultaneously launching an Organza-bodied Air version of its two-person Flite tree tent.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Mar. 2026
Definition of tenting
Verb
  • Isla Fisher is shedding light on her life since separating from Sacha Baron Cohen.
    — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Contributor Stewart Savin put this model to the test by cleaning up after her 60-pound German Shepherd rescue mix, whose shedding season is 365 days a year.
    — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of shedding
Verb
  • To search for evidence of fire use, the researchers analyzed rodent bones littering the cave, deposited over thousands of years by roosting owls.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 3 July 2026
  • Eucalyptus, Monterey pine, and Monterey cypress trees are common homes for roosting monarchs, as those tree species provide adequate shelter from weather and predators.
    — Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 9 Nov. 2025
Definition of roosting
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  • Before most of his teammates arrived at Oriole Park at Camden Yards the next morning, Kremer was packed and boarding a flight to Seattle to join the Twins.
    — Dan Hayes, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Alevtina Soboleva, 59, was traveling with her adult daughter in New York state on July 20 and was detained by ICE agents at Buffalo Niagara International Airport before boarding a flight to San Francisco.
    — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of boarding
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  • Through the course of rooming together in dorms at rookie minicamp, doing community service work, taking group trips to Braves games and, of course, navigating practices, the Falcons’ rookie class formed a tight bond.
    — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 22 July 2026
  • The couple takes in a boarder, Herald Loomis, whose search for his missing wife draws the house into a reckoning with forces — both human and supernatural — that haunt everyone who is rooming there.
    — Zak Cheney-Rice, Vulture, 13 May 2026
Definition of rooming
Verb
  • The ruling was due in part to Skoro's help securing the arrests of al Qaeda, al Shabaab and Hezbollah members, his lawyers claim.
    — Josh Boswell, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Ramdin said priorities are securing the main route to the main international airport; ensuring ongoing access to the airport and seaport; and restoring safe access to Haiti’s southern region.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of securing
Verb
  • That’s true even while lodging in a dorm room at Missouri Western State University, home of the Chiefs’ annual summer training camp.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The criminal complaint alleges that Castro fired a gun at the front door of a home in Minneapolis, striking a victim in the leg before lodging in a child’s bedroom wall, and then knowingly provided false information to an officer about it.
    — Mark Vancleave, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of lodging
Verb
  • Which amendment prohibits quartering of troops in homes during peacetime?
    — Arthur Jones II, ABC News, 2 July 2026
  • Meanwhile, break the cauliflower into small florets, halving or quartering the larger ones, and rinse well.
    — Carole Kotkin, Miami Herald, 16 June 2026
Definition of quartering
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