- present participle of hike.
hiking
Example Sentences
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That helped push global benchmark Brent below $100 a barrel and West Texas Intermediate below $90, easing inflation concerns and giving central banks some room to hold off hiking interest rates.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Any pause in the fresh Fed hiking cycle could increase appetite for stocks.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 4, 2026
When I’m futzing in the garden or hiking, I wear socks, pants and shirts permeated with the tick-killing insecticide permethrin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
“This is an important one, as the continued data resilience has been a huge factor supporting U.S. risk assets, and it’s also given the Fed space to start hiking rates,” wrote Deutsche Bank’s Jim Reid.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
These were clothes for sauntering along the veranda at Mackinac or perhaps going on a jeep safari, but patently not for hiking.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
