- present participle of scoop.
scooping
Example Sentences
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The push into advertising began as OpenAI rival Anthropic started gaining ground, scooping up enterprise customers and launching new models that delivered strong performance.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
In licensing Poolside’s technology and scooping up the bulk of its engineering talent, Nvidia is betting that it can produce a version of Nemotron that rivals the best frontier models in the next year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
The Times continues coverage of the Suffolk fire with a photo of a firefighting helicopter scooping water from the sea to battle the blaze.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
She remembers scooping up what remained of her artwork and watching it sift through her fingers, the porcelain broken and changed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
I wondered as I gripped the hoe, scooping the dirt to one side and then the other, making a gully in the middle.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
