- present participle of hurtle.
hurtling
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Presidents sometimes postpone difficult foreign-policy decisions during campaign season, especially when their party is hurtling toward defeat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Are we hurtling into a future of flying cars now?
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026
Then the rain stopped and we were hurtling into drought.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Releasing a hurtling hunk of metal without knowing where it would go and what would happen is too likely to cause harm.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
When it took off, it jumped from the pad on a silvery column of smoke, stuttered strangely in little puffs, and then seemed to find its way, another spout of fire sending it hurtling skyward.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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