- present participle of tackle.
tackling
Americannoun
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tacklings
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Etymology
Origin of tackling
late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; see origin at tackle, -ing 1
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Companies based around the San Francisco Bay Area, including OpenAI and Meta, have promoted AI assistants as friendly, cute helpers for tackling tedious tasks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
"This could be a powerful approach to tackling other cell death repressors or transcription factors that control genes we want to activate in cancer," Nix said.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
Prime Minister Andy Burnham will hold talks on tackling cyber-security threats and sabotage with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Thursday.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Sefcovic said the EU wanted to deliver on three main objectives including tackling export surges from China to the bloc's market, especially in critical sectors, and increasing exports from Europe to China.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
Except for space, it has everything a regular game has — running, passing, blocking, tackling, kicking.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
"Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail; then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey."
From The Ship of Stars by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Her shroudes are torne to pieces & her tacklings to raggs.
From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 by A. H. (Arthur Henry) Bullen
Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast; they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.
From Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes
But as soon as I got word what happened I bade Ralph to put the tacklings on the ass.
From New Irish Comedies by Lady Gregory
She was white to the lips, but the lips were firmly set; whereas Mr. Goodfellow's jaw hung as though loosed from its tacklings.
From Poison Island by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
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