Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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American refiners including Marathon Petroleum MPC 2.50%increase; green up pointing triangle and Valero VLO 2.44%increase; green up pointing triangle say they are cranking out diesel to the hilt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
And senior Labour folk too are cranking up the gloom in the conversations I have with them.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2025
Only three years after U.S. oil production collapsed during the pandemic, energy companies are cranking out a record 13.2 million barrels a day, more than Russia or Saudi Arabia.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2023
Key copper mines in Peru, however, are cranking up activity again, power data analysed by Reuters showed, potentially boosting supply from the world's no.
From Reuters ● Mar. 14, 2023
Video game makers in Kentucky are cranking four days a week on a new title based on the classic slasher movie “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2022
