returning
- present participle of return.
Example Sentences
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Thousands of the migrants were already returning to Morocco because of overcrowding, said an official at Spain’s Interior Ministry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Ratner said the branch is a reference to the story in the Torah of Noah sending out a dove during the Great Flood and returning with an olive branch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
The Polish leader had met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Lublin the previous evening as Zelensky was returning from talks with US President Donald Trump.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Tunick was returning from a visit to the Dominican Republic when he was taken aside for questioning by CBP and FBI agents and had his belongings searched, according to court documents.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
He stayed there briefly, sleeping on the floor outside Madison’s room, before returning to Montpelier to spend the rest of his life in the tobacco fields.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
