- present participle of weather.
weathering
Example Sentences
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Those airlines with healthier balance sheets may have an easier time weathering the difficulties.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
Ballooning investment on the nationwide AI build-out, as well as stock-market gains for the affluent, suggest the U.S. can continue weathering the shock for now.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
But after weathering through the lockdowns of Covid-19 and struggling with the continuing rising costs of operating, the family said things were "extremely difficult" to sustain.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
France is weathering a third heatwave in less than three months, with fires raging in several parts of the country over the past week.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
Besides the tangle itself, there was the weathering of that first year, when the Knot hung outside and became hard as a rock.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
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