- present participle of go.
going
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Reports of milk going to waste are not uncommon during periods of a dairy glut.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
“But I’m not going to just put him in there because of the name on the back of his jersey.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
“They are incentivizing companies to capitalize on what is going on in the Gulf,” Quilliam said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
"We're going to see a significant impact on the container sector," which is the canal's biggest source of revenue, he said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
She says she will find a way to travel to New Orleans for communion if she must, but she is not going to endure mistreatment anymore, even from a priest.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
Mr. McMullan is an effective antidote to the more bilious goings on—the acting is much more flamboyant in the Atticus story than in Susan’s, which is less entertaining than distracting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Sitting on the porch of a state-run grocery store in the Vedado neighborhood of Havana, Joaquin Velazquez watches the comings and goings at the private mini-market next door.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
Meyer owns and operates the Record, managing a staff of only seven that reports on the comings and goings of the city of Marion’s 1,900 or so residents.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2025
Nearly 75 years on, it's estimated that five million people still regularly listen to the latest comings and goings in Ambridge.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2025
For a while, I told myself it was simply an issue of access, the result of Barack’s comings and goings from Springfield.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
