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  • present participle of wield.
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wielding

[weel-ding] / ˈwil dɪŋ /




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Only a true and blustery hero can string it, much as we believe that only Damon can win a knife fight by wielding a pen.

From Salon Aug. 2, 2026

Hugging Face - a kind of app store for artificial intelligence tools - announced on 16 July it had been hacked by a cyber criminal wielding enormously powerful AI.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

Union leader Dave Regan has spent decades wielding California’s ballot system against the healthcare industry.

From Slate Jul. 6, 2026

In Seattle's Ballard district, a drag queen was wielding a microphone and putting on a show ahead of the World Cup meeting of Iran and Egypt.

From Barron's Jun. 27, 2026

Maybe what they’d done had proven to the weapons that they were worthy of wielding them in the first place.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi




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