- present participle of load.
loading
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One of the final major tests before launch integration will involve loading cryogenic propellants.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
Cleanup workers will be allowed to remove waste and fire debris only through the warehouse’s south loading dock, which is farther from neighbor homes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
At the weekly market in the southern Romanian town of Calarasi, Florica Vasile goes from vendor to vendor loading her shopping trolley with vegetables the locals say are cheaper than anywhere else in the city.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
The bulk carrier Sabetta was tracked after loading what appeared to be military vehicles at the port in February.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
He’s behind the cookhouse loading a wheelbarrow with the odds and ends he’s managed to beg off the cookhouse crew.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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
The U.S. military confirmed that it lifted a two-month blockade that brought Iran’s loadings down to a trickle, roughly 260,000 barrels a day last month, according to Kpler, a commodities and shipping data provider.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
Other notable crude loadings came from the United Arab Emirates and Iraq, according to Kpler data.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 22, 2026
Iran dominates crude-export loadings for April, according to Kpler.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 22, 2026
Tell him that his steam-whistles, his anchor-droppings, and his constant loadings or unloadings give us headache.
From Penelope's Postscripts by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
