making for
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Her decision is making for some uncomfortable home-state politics.
From Slate • May 30, 2026
She said that she had a marine biology assignment due Friday and a midterm Monday in an evolutionary medicine course, and that she had not saved the readings offline, making for “a stressful morning.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
China's AI moment has been in the making for some time.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
Shares of Verizon rose 23.3% in the first three months of the year, making for their largest quarterly gain since the September quarter of 2010, according to Dow Jones Market Data.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026
Before them was the Southern Ocean, and they were making for an island only twenty miles long and 100 miles away.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
