barreling

Example Sentences

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Because everyone also knows Antetokounmpo is at his best when he’s barreling toward the rim with the ball in his hands — during which time Doncic is going to be doing what?

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

But 14 years later, the league is barreling toward another potential lockout with its game officials.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Airlines canceled thousands of flights because of a winter storm barreling up the East Coast, but that’s not the only thing spreading chaos across the air travel industry.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

Airport travelers on the East Coast were already facing a difficult Sunday with a blizzard barreling toward New York and much of the Northeast.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

If I’d done everything right the big ones wouldn’t have no choice but to come barreling out of the cattails and snatch at the flies.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis