climb
verb (used without object)
to go up or ascend, especially by using the hands and feet or feet only.
is climbing
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present progressiveof climb (3rd person singular).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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But "the AI buildout is climbing onto a steeper section of track just as the gap between capital spending and internal cash generation narrows", he warned.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
SpaceX’s stock is climbing on Tuesday and is set to snap a bruising seven-session losing streak.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Oil is climbing to start the week as Morgan Stanley is warning that crude prices are being held at bay from much higher losses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
The dreaded norovirus — the “vomiting bug” that often causes stomach flu symptoms — is climbing again in California, and doctors warn that a new subvariant could make even more people sick this season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2025
And next it is two months later, near the end of the fall term, and the station wagon is climbing the hill to my no-longer-brand-new school.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
