Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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“When you have 7.5 billion people who don’t like you very well and you have 300 million who are crowing about how they have done.”
From Salon ● May 3, 2025
Airlines are crowing about early summer bookings returning to pre-pandemic levels, but the federal government is blaming them for delays and cancellations that airline analysts say are poised to ground passengers again.
From Washington Times ● May 1, 2023
If the Estonians are crowing about it, it has to be a good one, right?
From Washington Post ● Sep. 18, 2022
While vacationers are crowing airports and roadside restaurants, business travel and international flying remain depressed, and the total number of people flying has not fully recovered to pre-pandemic levels.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 1, 2022
"O cocks are crowing a merry mid-larf, A wat the wild fule boded day; The salms of Heaven will be sung, And ere now I'll be missed away."
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 by Hamilton Wright Mabie
