- present participle of weather.
weathering
Example Sentences
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But after weathering through the lockdowns of Covid-19 and struggling with the continuing rising costs of operating, the family said things were "extremely difficult" to sustain.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Thursday's data demonstrated the European economy was weathering the impact of the US-Iran war that began earlier this year better than feared.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Uzbekistan, playing in its first World Cup, was not intimidated by the big stage, weathering a withering Colombia attack in a 3-1 loss.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2026
Across the study area, the researchers estimated that rock weathering offsets about 35 percent of river CO2 emissions on average.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 20, 2026
He wavers for a moment like he’s on the deck of a ship weathering a storm.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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