grounding
Example Sentences
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While religion provides answers, astronomy offers another way to search for them, grounding me like a kind of cosmic anchor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 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
Singh did not rule out the possibility of grounding part of his fleet if oil prices continue to soar.
From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026
Cannavale is the series’ MVP, grounding Kidman in their scenes and Curtis in theirs, and seeming, more than most of these characters, like a person you might meet in this life we call real.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026
I waited until we got back to the house before asking my parents to delay the starting date of our grounding.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
