load
noun
is loading
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present progressiveof load (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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Saudi Aramco is loading more crude at its Persian Gulf terminals and moving it through Hormuz before transferring some cargoes to tankers off Oman for delivery to customers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
"We have sent a lot of relief material and right now our team is loading some materials for the hospital in the area," drone operator Avaya Pokharel told AFP in Nuwakot.
From Barron's ● Sep. 5, 2026
The Panama-flagged supertanker Nolan this week is loading 400,000 barrels of fuel oil for power generation at Venezuela's Jose terminal.
From Reuters ● Mar. 13, 2023
"He said 'even my co-pilot is loading bags' so we looked out of the window and there he was," she said.
From BBC ● May 31, 2022
Her mother is loading a cart of vegetables, while her father "shoos" the cackling geese into wicker pens, and harnesses "Black Bess" the steady old mare, who is almost one of themselves.
From When the Birds Begin to Sing by Harold Piffard
