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ticking
3 of 3present participle of tick entry 2
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Kate Gibson, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2024
Perhaps such is why each episode of A Very Royal Scandal, which recalls the events before, during, and after the interview took place, opens with the sound of ticking, a reputational bomb waiting to blow.
—Jack King, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2024
There, on the white ticking, was a deep red stain—stretching across three or four feet.
—Ian Frisch, Curbed, 9 Jan. 2025
The gradual ticking up of central bank gold holdings suggests that this may already be under way.
—Steven Desmyter, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
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Noun
Legislation to expand Social Security benefits to millions of Americans cleared a key procedural hurdle in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday afternoon and is now headed toward another vote Thursday, with the clock ticking and only days left in the current session of Congress.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2024
Perhaps such is why each episode of A Very Royal Scandal, which recalls the events before, during, and after the interview took place, opens with the sound of ticking, a reputational bomb waiting to blow.
—Jack King, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2024
There, on the white ticking, was a deep red stain—stretching across three or four feet.
—Ian Frisch, Curbed, 9 Jan. 2025
The gradual ticking up of central bank gold holdings suggests that this may already be under way.
—Steven Desmyter, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
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“Ticking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ticking. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
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