Example Sentences

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Another aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R Ford, was last seen near the Strait of Gibraltar and has been heading east to support potential operations.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

It has been heading toward the Texas coast under U.S. control.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

This is where the news business has been heading, and where all those defenestrated newscasters I’ve mentioned already are.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2025

But that push failed, and the bills fell by the wayside, not least because they faced doubts from skeptical Democrats—including and especially Brown, who has been heading the Senate Banking Committee since 2021.

From Slate • May 2, 2024

It was like a man who feels his grip relaxing on some attacking thing he has been heading by the throat.

From Robert Elsmere by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.