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is pegging

  • present progressive of peg (3rd person singular).

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The giveaway, Lockett points out, is pegging this benchmark to the number of vehicles rather than the number of paid drives, a more appropriate metric.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2025

The world is pegging a solid 10 on the weirdness scale.

From Salon Apr. 18, 2024

Petro coins: Amid soaring inflation rates, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced he is pegging the country’s new bolívar currency to its cryptocurrency.

From Slate Aug. 22, 2018

As lawmakers returned Sunday to the Louisiana Capitol to decide how to rebalance this year’s budget, Gov. John Bel Edwards is pegging the shortfall in the $25 billion spending plan at nearly $950 million.

From Washington Times Feb. 14, 2016

I'll do the editorial, Welch is pegging away at the Sports account now, and I waylaid Jackson just before lock-up, and induced him by awful threats to knock off some verses.

From The Pothunters by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)