- present participle of load.
loading
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Heavy B-1 bombers have been photographed loading munitions and fuel at Fairford.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Saudi Aramco is loading more crude at its Persian Gulf terminals and moving it through Hormuz before transferring some cargoes to tankers off Oman for delivery to customers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
This meant that many people in the heart of the West End would struggle with basic tasks, such as loading maps or making video calls.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
It also met Jordan’s wish list of requirements: It has a bathtub and in-unit laundry and is on the first floor, making her loading and unloading of work supplies easier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
He was a powder monkey, which meant it was his job to rush heavy bags of explosive gunpowder to the men loading the cannons.
From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis
Both Sidi Kerir loadings and ship-to-ship transfers likely will increase under the new Red Sea threat, particularly for Asian customers, said Dylan Mortimer, marine hull U.K. war leader at insurance broker Marsh.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
"Dynamic reconstruction enables low-loading catalysts to achieve high performance, offering new opportunities for the rational design of efficient catalysts while reducing reliance on high metal loadings."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
“Gulf producers have strong commercial incentives to prioritise traffic that allows them to resume export loadings and ramp up onshore production,” said Richard Bronze, co-founder and head of geopolitics at Energy Aspects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Saudi Arabia resumed crude loadings at Ras Tanura’s Ju’aymah offshore terminal after a nearly four-month halt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
If I mention that the canoe-work on this route demands thirty-two portages, thirty-two loadings and unloadings of the cargo, the reader can judge what a "difficult road" must be.
From About Orchids A Chat by Frederick Boyle
