tacking

present participle of tack

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Verb
  • There are also cables zigzagging along the ocean floor and sensors that can listen in to what passes close by.
    Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Ramón Laureano got Machado home and Sheets to third on a groundout, and a walk by Merrill brought O’Hearn to the plate as the potential tying run.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
  • These tastings double as an informal history lesson, tying together cuisine, culture and everyday life.
    David Nikel, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Her memory of that day never flagged, every detail remaining crystal clear, her story never deviating.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • After evaluating 200 hospital patients participating in the King's College London Oral, Dental, and Craniofacial Biobank, researchers found that those adhering most closely to a Mediterranean diet had the lowest levels of gum disease.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Sep. 2025
  • To illustrate the absurdity of adhering too closely to genre conventions, Galloway describes a plot about an innocent girl who winds up in a strange town.
    Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • With the new capital, the company plans to bring several more drugs into clinical trials, tackling diseases that include asthma, inflammatory bowel disease and obesity.
    Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Prabhudeva makes his streaming debut as a cop tackling a politically sensitive murder case.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Its audio comes through clean and detail-rich, with noise cancelling and automatic limiting to handle background chaos without clipping your voice.
    Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Crews will complete work on the Riverfront Extension Project that requires a shutdown, like clipping wires and placing the overhead guide wire between Second and Third streets.
    Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But that brief period of openness and luxury ended quickly, with international sanctions clamping back down in 2003.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
  • As a result, the object is reportedly held steadily and securely in place, with the clamping pressure distributed evenly across its surface at multiple points.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • And sticking close to home may pay untold dividends for inhabitants’ mental health, Gorman said.
    Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Have fun sticking it to the man—or the raccoon, as the case may be.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Tacking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tacking. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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