- present participle of motor.
motoring
Americannoun
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Micron stock has risen 18% in the past month and the latest memory-chip prices can keep it motoring higher.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
Engelsman and Holland are an already established double act as the presenters of Throttle House, a motoring YouTube channel with more than three million subscribers.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
As you’re motoring away on your time off this summer, perhaps even driving over that very “Grapevine” on the I-5, here’s some backstory drama for you to take along in the passenger seat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
But a rival motoring group, the upstart American Automobile Association, feared that a race on open roads would tarnish the industry’s already-poor record on safety, and lobbied against it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
It was a cap for motoring in England.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
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