hit
verb (used with object)
to deal a blow or stroke to.
are hitting
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present progressiveof hit.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Fewer new models are hitting the market than at any time in recent history—a direct hangover from the industry’s massive shift to EVs and its abrupt pullback.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Rising fuel prices are hitting businesses, with the owner of a vehicle breakdown service saying prices had cost his business between £9,000 and £11,000.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
“Things are hitting us more negatively,” says Dave Struthers, 59, a farmer from Collins.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
But this year’s gargantuan amount of AI-related debt supply also “feels like they are hitting a limit of what’s possible without disrupting the market.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
“It’s a tough issue. The new regulations are hitting those guys hard. Crabbing’s their livelihood, Brady. Some of them, they don’t know anything else.”
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
