- present participle of brew.
brewing
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Unfortunately, a broader conflict seems to be brewing.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026
This doesn’t mean that residents have access to a kind of Megan’s Law list to be able to find out who is brewing what chemistry concoctions in their neighborhoods, though.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
But there’s a brewing “knife fight” between them, industry consultant Tim Farrar noted in a recent blog post.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
Adding to the tension is a brewing concern that the AI boom could slow down if tech giants such as Microsoft, Alphabet-owned Google, and Amazon are unable to maintain their current massive spending.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
I gripped the steering wheel tighter and forced myself to breathe calmly, but I couldn’t tamp down the emotions brewing inside of me.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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So what more natural than they would one day talk over endless coffeepots into innumerable midnights, and out of all the talk and the bitter brewings would come—the House of Usher.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
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However, circumstances vary so much with different labourers, that as to the sort of beer, and the number of brewings, and the times of brewing, no general rule can be laid down.
From Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend by Cobbett, William
It is the poetry of beer; it is to all other brewings what Shakespeare is to the drama; what the Coliseum is to other antiquities.
From The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 by Various
The good women being now supplied with yeast from each other's brewings, would have baked, but two difficulties still remained.
From The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales by More, Hannah
Your Brunswick Mumme," continued the page, "may pass as a refreshing drink; but with our beer you cannot compare it, for the best of our brewings is unknown to you.
From The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 by Various