Example Sentences

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With the expected floor vote just weeks away, G.O.P. leaders have been treading carefully, even making last-minute concessions to Democrats in hopes of bolstering support for the legislation.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2023

Though they sank from the Pacific Division spot they occupied for much of the season to a wild-card spot, the Kraken have been treading water since the All-Star break.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 2, 2023

Abrams and the German-made Leopard 2 tanks, but Western leaders have been treading carefully.

From Washington Times • Jan. 19, 2023

Claims have been treading water since tumbling to more than a 53-year low of 166,000 in March amid signs of some cooling in the labor market.

From Reuters • Jun. 23, 2022

For all Calvin Gray could see, as he made his first acquaintance with Dallas, he might have been treading the streets of Los Angeles, of Indianapolis, of Portland, Maine, or of Portland, Oregon.

From Flowing Gold by Beach, Rex Ellingwood