RIDGING Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

ridging

verb

present participle of ridge

as in drifting

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Three-times married, his was to be a literary career pock-marked by substance abuse issues leading to a peripatetic existence drifting from one august institution to another.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026
Toxic haze has covered parts of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore for weeks as Jakarta struggles to contain fires that have scorched large tracts of Borneo and Sumatra, with the smoke drifting across the region.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026

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Of course, less favorable time zones almost guarantee lower viewership for at least the next couple World Cups, but FIFA is nonetheless banking that this year’s event will juice interest stateside in four years time.

— Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026
First, the technology companies banking their futures on AI are also keen on a revival of nuclear power to provide the electricity for all those data centers.

— Andrew Moseman, IEEE Spectrum, 8 Oct. 2026

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Proteins and blood cells Proteins and DNA can gather on plastic surfaces, and lysozyme, a common test protein, also began clumping into aggregates there.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026
Keep the package sealed after each use to prevent sheets from clumping or breaking down early.

— Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Sep. 2026

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