- present participle of recover.
recovering
Example Sentences
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But she said the price has to reflect the time, skill, expense and risks with recovering dinosaurs.
From BBC • Jul. 11, 2026
After that, when the impossibility of recovering anyone else became clear, Al-Zaharnah and others kept hoping international organizations would convince Israel to allow more construction equipment, but to little avail.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 9, 2026
Her first single, 1982’s “Everybody,” encouraged a similar blind devotion to the dance floor, hitting the booming New York club scene just as the city was recovering from one of its most tumultuous decades.
From Salon • Jul. 8, 2026
“Aramco’s price cuts reinforce market concerns about oversupply and the potential for a price war, as Middle Eastern supply is recovering faster than demand,” said Muyu Xu, senior crude oil analyst at Kpler.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 7, 2026
It wasn’t because he was recovering from a bad case of boils and an attack of malaria—though that didn't help matters.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
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