busing

variants also bussing
Definition of busingnext
present participle of bus

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Recent Examples of busing Louisville's racial divide was made clear with busing Michael Hicks remembers seeing men in military green with rifles outside the bus ports, sometimes escorting students. Lillian Metzmeier, Louisville Courier Journal, 18 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for busing
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Verb
  • Prior to the baby girl’s killing, video shows Greene and his accomplice, 18-year-old Mathew Rodriguez, riding a scooter around the Bushwick Houses in search of their target, cops said.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The boy was riding his bike in northwest Durham when Savarino’s vehicle struck him, according to the police.
    Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • He had been scratched from the lineup but OKC manager Scott Hennessey was coaching third base for the Comets’ half of the inning and Ward had to wait until the inning was over to get the official word.
    Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 19 Apr. 2026
  • For the next 17 years, Bertman set the standard for coaching in college baseball.
    George Solomon, Miami Herald, 19 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Over the course of eight and a half hours, a Northern California nurse hopped between bars during a Friday evening while sailing on a Carnival Cruise vacation.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Once tankers, carrying about 20% of the world's oil supply, start sailing through the strait again, jet fuel prices will return to normal — but not immediately.
    Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Google’s announcement and other company communications have also signaled a new priority on migrating to quantum-safe authentication schemes, lest adversaries use quantum computers in real-time attacks like the one Google demonstrated.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The Sepulveda Basin, at the intersection of the San Diego (405) and Ventura (101) freeways, is a rest area for thousands of birds migrating up and down the state and onto Mexico and Latin America at times.
    Daily News, Daily News, 16 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • As for Mitan, the yacht will now spend seven to eight months cruising south towards Mexico, calling at multiple anchorages along the way.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The Gears were cruising when the league declared bankruptcy and evaporated the next November.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The two men high-fived and then put the fish in the livewell before motoring back to the dock to call the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s ShareLunker program.
    Kubie Brown, Outdoor Life, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Still Talking, her final book, will star the same wonderful characters motoring through their days on tides of chat.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • In the days since a deadly shooting at Piedmont Park claimed the life of 16-year-old Tianah Robinson, her family has been left navigating an unimaginable grief—one now shared with a community preparing to say goodbye.
    Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Spirit Airlines is facing turbulence amid rising jet fuel costs and navigating financial restructuring that, combined, could reportedly lead to even bigger issues for the budget carrier.
    Kelly McCarthy, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Meanwhile, government data shows that car insurance prices have soared 55% compared with six years ago, or just before the pandemic, driving up the number of Americans going without.
    Alexa St. John, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Smith went 2 for 2 with a walk and double at the plate, driving in 2 runs and scoring a run, all out of the 9 hole in the lineup for Southwest Christian (24-4 overall, 6-1 district).
    Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Apr. 2026

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“Busing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/busing. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.

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