Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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Lily Dane, nursing heartbreak, is summering at her family’s house in a moneyed Rhode Island enclave when her former fiancé and former best friend unexpectedly show up — as husband and wife.
From New York Times ● Feb. 10, 2020
From the French Riviera, where he is summering with the Duchess, the Duke sent greetings.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hoomi Koot is summering In the desert waste of Gobi, In a cottage of adobe.
From Cobwebs from a Library Corner by John Kendrick Bangs
There is summering and wintering to come,—with more wintering perhaps than we shall enjoy;—even so, I shall hope to be of timely service, as opportunity favours me.
From Woodrow Wilson as I Know Him by Joseph P. Tumulty
The play opens with the sculptor talking of Schilling in the ears of a young violinist, a dear friend, who is summering with him.
From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by James Huneker
