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is wading

  • present progressive
    of wade (3rd person singular).
    wade
    verb (used without object)
    to walk in water, when partially immersed.

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Google is wading into “dynamic worlds,” and that’s spooking investors in Unity Software and other gaming-related stocks on Friday.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 30, 2026

The U.S. air travel industry is wading through yet another rough week.

From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2023

By making the Vision Pro look like goggles, Apple is wading into the shoals of pre-existing stereotypes, personality clichés and history.

From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2023

Critics sometimes tell us that Scientific American has strayed from what might be called “classical science content” and is wading into subject areas where we don’t belong.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 8, 2022

Thus at every step one is wading through lush grass or crushing prairie blossoms and fruits.

From The Arctic Prairies : a Canoe-Journey of 2,000 Miles in Search of the Caribou; Being the Account of a Voyage to the Region North of Aylemer Lake by Ernest Thompson Seton