keeling

Definition of keelingnext
present participle of keel
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Verb
  • As this process is the main source of energy produced by the sun, this will mean the outward pressure that stops the sun from collapsing under its own gravity also ceases.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 23 Apr. 2026
  • And what's the difference between weakening and collapsing?
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Moses Moody scored 23 points before crumpling to the floor with an apparently serious left knee injury late in overtime as the Golden State Warriors beat Dallas 137-131 on Monday night, extending the Mavericks' home losing streak to 12 games, their longest in 32 years.
    CBS News, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Late on, with the game already won, James Garner and substitute Merlin Rohl chased Enzo Fernandez, sending him crumpling to the turf.
    Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The design is meant to be sleeker than just plopping in the lighting.
    Jim Radcliffe, Oc Register, 27 Feb. 2026
  • But few are as rage-inducing as plopping into a gaping pothole.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 26 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Coach Scott Bemand turned his attention to toppling France in France for the first time next Saturday.
    ABC News, ABC News, 18 Apr. 2026
  • The results showed that seventy-nine percent support some form of intervention, with some favoring toppling the regime and others wanting to deal with the humanitarian crisis, highlighting a range of priorities within the community.
    Morgan Rynor, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Bishop Moore junior Lucas Magro went 2-1 in the individual singles bracket and took the top seed, William Freshwater of Barron Collier, to a tiebreaker before falling 1-6, 6-1, (10-3).
    Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
  • But the Pistons were sloppy with the ball and careless overall in a 94-88 loss to the Orlando Magic on Monday night, falling behind 3-1 in their first-round Eastern Conference series.
    ABC News, ABC News, 28 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Netflix’s bracingly nasty action-thriller Apex is a fine addition, plonking the star down in a rugged Australian landscape and throwing nature’s formidable might at her while stirring a psychotic serial killer into the mix.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The right-hander followed Higgins’ single by plunking Pleasanton’s TJ Friedl, giving the Reds runners on first and second with no outs.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The company's revenue for the period was in-line with expectations, but weaker-than-expected operating income guidance for the current quarter sent shares tumbling.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Of My Own Making opens when, after a decade of productive therapy, Burke discovers a photo of the car accident that took her beloved grandmother’s life, and thirty years of unprocessed grief and trauma come tumbling out.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
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“Keeling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keeling. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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