Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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Mayor Karen Bass, not known as a public brawler until recently, is ducking punches and throwing her own jabs and uppercuts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2025
“Joel Embiid is ducking that smoke today and you all know how I feel about Joel Embiid,” Perkins said.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 28, 2023
Let's close out with giving some advice for that person who is ducking arguments and hiding in alleys and all that.
From Salon ● May 8, 2022
Some readers may take this to mean he is ducking the question; yet the energy and passion the book articulates belie that charge.
From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2019
The English gunner will admire the enemy's marksmanship while he is ducking a shell.
From Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front by Mary Roberts Rinehart
