passing

Example Sentences

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He keeps hens in his hostel room and dreams up improbable schemes to transform India - including planting trees along railway tracks, fertilised by waste from passing trains.

From BBC

“My hope is, when this walk ends, the people we met will continue practicing mindfulness and find peace,” the Venerable Bhikkhu Paññākāra, a Vietnamese-American monk who led the march, said while passing through North Carolina.

From Salon

Many companies, however, have tried to soften the blow by stocking up on inventory ahead of planned levy hikes and avoided passing on additional hikes in full to consumers.

From Barron's

Things will be stressful enough in the wake of her passing, and on top of that you will have to watch your stepsister like a hawk.

From MarketWatch

Instead, exporters kept their prices the same, passing off the cost of tariffs to any company importing their goods, which in turn responded by increasing the price of those goods to shoppers.

From BBC