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winging
  • present participle of wing.

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She said the couple were "winging" the last days of their stay in north Wales in their camper van.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

"The bottom line is, we've gone into great detail with them about the planning. We've described it to them. In fact, it's not just winging it," he told reporters after meeting lawmakers on Capitol Hill.

From Barron's • Jan. 7, 2026

Critics say he’s winging it, exaggerating wishes into declarations, tantalized by the bauble of a Nobel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

To form a baseline for judging future changes, the study’s first step has been to create an inventory of the types of butterflies currently winging through the meadows.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 15, 2024

And where was Lupito’s soul winging to, or was it washing down the river to the fertile valley of my uncles’ farms?

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya