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Stocks have been cruising on hopes the economy may avoid a recession and the Federal Reserve may soon take it easier on raising interest rates.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 12, 2023

Other superyachts there owned by or linked to sanctioned Russians have been cruising from one postcard-worthy cove to another in the area.

From New York Times • Oct. 23, 2022

“We are we have been cruising from day one, but it’s time to go faster and faster, put the sirens on and meet this moment.”

From Washington Times • Jul. 25, 2022

United may have been cruising to victory had he taken either opportunity, but he now finds himself on a run of six games without scoring, his longest barren spell in 11 years.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2022

My dear Morritt,—We have been cruising to and fro since we left your land of woods and streams.

From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)