grounding

Example Sentences

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However, because they are disconnected from any external reality, such structures have no grounding and are inherently dangerous.

From Slate • May 5, 2026

Aside from the risk of venturing into the strait at a time of high tension, a disorderly departure from the Gulf also risks causing collisions or grounding, Meade said.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

President Ferdinand Marcos also said that grounding planes due to a shortage of fuel is a "distinct possibility" after some of the country's airlines were told that they cannot refuel their jets abroad.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Alloway praises the Philadelphia-born Pedretti for nailing Cherry’s comedic moments yet also grounding the character in a traumatic backstory — a balancing act the director knew she was capable of after watching “Hill House.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

“And in 1962,” I said, looking up from the paper and bemoaning my fate, “the longest grounding of a boy named Jack continues to go unnoticed by history.”

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos