plug
noun
a piece of wood or other material used to stop up a hole or aperture, to fill a gap, or to act as a wedge.
are plugging
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present progressiveof plug.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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On social media and in state legislatures, they are plugging portable anti-choking devices, designed to suction stuck food or other objects from a person’s airway.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
"Our colleagues are plugging gaps, doing the impossible, working too many hours to back-fill, are experiencing burnout and ill health and have their private lives upended," Mr Kelly said.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
And now African banks are plugging into it.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 16, 2025
"It's like giving an old electronic a new battery pack. Instead of tossing them out, we are plugging fully-charged batteries from healthy cells into diseased ones."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2025
Greg and I are plugging hard at the game in the little time that the West Point routine allows us for practice.
From Dave Darrin's Third Year at Annapolis Leaders of the Second Class Midshipmen by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
