- present participle of mount.
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Origin of mounting
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at mount 1, -ing 1
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And those rates — paired with high government spending and concerns over mounting deficits — have pressured the bond market, pushing 10-year Treasury yields to levels not seen since the early 2000s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026
Two months ago, Infantino was facing mounting calls to stand down as president of the organisation he has led since 2016.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
Competitive pressures are mounting for Nvidia stock and there is a strategic tension at the heart of the business, according to Seaport Research.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
Such experience is crucial at a time when eBay is going all-in on AI, hoping the technology can help update its image and beat mounting competition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Meanwhile, the British “hunger-blockade,” as the Germans called it, was causing mounting demands for peace.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
He opened his one-man welding workshop, where he makes steel mountings for a nearby circuit board factory.
From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2023
The fixes include remounting hand controls to avoid excessive vibration and a redesign of seat mountings and cushions.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2023
In a side aisle off the central nave, portraits of war dead from 2014 to the present gaze out from mountings on placards.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2022
But removing their mountings and adapting them for use by troops fighting on foot requires the expertise of specialist mechanics.
From Reuters ● Mar. 14, 2022
Booth tried to pry the lock from its mountings.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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