Example Sentences

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South Korea, a major chip manufacturer that relies heavily on Qatari supplies, has been approaching U.S. producers for additional volumes of the gas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

My breaking point has been approaching for months, and TikTok appears to sense my looming reluctance.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2024

But all the while—if Facebook Sinema is indeed the senator—she has been approaching a separate pursuit with reliability, humility, rigor, and patience.

From Slate • Dec. 15, 2022

Sonos has been approaching affected customers to offer them refunds where necessary and supplying them with shipping labels to return the extra devices that were sent in error.

From The Verge • Jun. 17, 2022

At that moment, however, the figure that has been approaching the Zebra Room enters my field of vision.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides