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  • present participle of grow.
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growing

[groh-ing] / ˈgroʊ ɪŋ /


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Football fever is growing in the States with the co hosts looking an organised side.

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2026

Summer came too early to Europe's most important rice growing region and weeds are taking over Sharon Angoli's parched paddies in Italy's Pavia province.

From Barron's • Jul. 4, 2026

A report from the Portland Housing Bureau in 2025 found that rent and home sale prices were growing faster than incomes, even as the city’s vacancy rate was also rising.

From Salon • Jul. 4, 2026

By the time he undertook the large version, however, considerable time had passed, Trumbull was growing old, his vitality and talent in decline.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 4, 2026

From what I know, Dad and Melissa were close growing up, but they had an epic fight years before I was born.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller




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