- present participle of approach.
approaching
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Sarsfield, 47, from Liverpool, said he was working as an extra in a scene in Morocco in which a coastal castle was under siege from an approaching ship.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
The closure includes northbound lanes on State Route 47 approaching Harbor Boulevard, southbound Interstate 110, and Miraflores Avenue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
Half an hour later, Vlasenko heard a large drone approaching.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Nearly 50 years after leaving Earth, NASA's Voyager 1 is approaching an extraordinary milestone that will highlight just how far humanity's most distant spacecraft has traveled.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026
He swings his chin, and I see Cora approaching.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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