- present participle of weather.
weathering
Example Sentences
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“Although new tariff challenges await in September, the August strength suggests the economy was weathering the storm better than expected in the third quarter,” Shelly Kaushik, senior economist at Bank of Montreal Capital Markets, said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Those airlines with healthier balance sheets may have an easier time weathering the difficulties.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 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
Thursday's data demonstrated the European economy was weathering the impact of the US-Iran war that began earlier this year better than feared.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
There, hundreds and hundreds of fossil bones were to be found weathering out of the hills.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
