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Retaliating meaning
present participle and gerund of retaliate
Using Retaliating
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of retaliate
- In the example corpus, retaliating often appears in combinations such as: retaliating against, is retaliating, of retaliating.
Context around Retaliating
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Retaliating
- In this selection, "retaliating" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, allegedly, amendment, gang, countries, actions and strongly stand out and add context to how "retaliating" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include appointees of retaliating against career and company is retaliating against him. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "retaliating" sits close to words such as abbasid, abdicate and adapters, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with retaliating
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Israel is retaliating against Hamas, which rules Gaza, over an Oct. 7 attack by its militants. (16 words)
He had told one witness that he planned on retaliating against Dickerson for calling the police. (16 words)
MPD violates the First Amendment, retaliating against members of the public and journalists who record police actions. (17 words)
Illinois was often very reticent to convict people in controversial cases, as seen the next year when the people who killed Joseph Smith were let off free, and the Mormons who had engaged in some retaliating actions afterwards were all let off free. (43 words)
Ashok Chavan said it is clear that the BJP is worried over the growing influence of the Congress all over India after Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra and now they are retaliating with such action against Opposition leaders. (39 words)
Gray and the gang members do elude the police, but this is far from the last of their problems in episode 1, with the gang retaliating for the botched job in a pretty drastic way. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Ashok Chavan said it is clear that the BJP is worried over the growing influence of the Congress all over India after Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra and now they are retaliating with such action against Opposition leaders.
BJP Karnataka unit has been retaliating and this has resulted in a war of words between the leaders of both parties.
However, he faulted Villanueva for allegedly retaliating against him, and claimed that the practice of targeting whistleblowers “continues unabated” under the current administration.
MPD violates the First Amendment, retaliating against members of the public and journalists who record police actions.
Skeete is now suing Amazon in Kings County Superior Court, claiming that the company is retaliating against him for voicing his concerns.
A 2021 study by the nonpartisan National Bureau of Economic Research showed that tit-for-tat tariffs cut U.S. exports to retaliating countries by 15% to 33%.
Col. (res.) Dr. Barak Ben-Zur, an expert on Hezbollah, said it was incumbent on Israel to weigh all its options before retaliating.
Firstly, South Africa has been repeatedly vocal about how Israel is determined to indiscriminately flatten in the name of retaliating against a Hamas attack.
Gray and the gang members do elude the police, but this is far from the last of their problems in episode 1, with the gang retaliating for the botched job in a pretty drastic way.
Iran was retaliating for an assume Israeli strike on an Iranian embassy building in Syria last week that killed a number of Iranian officials.
Israel is retaliating against Hamas, which rules Gaza, over an Oct. 7 attack by its militants.
The United States cannot stop Israel from retaliating in whatever way it wants against Iran, but it can choose whether to help Israel manage the consequences.
Women and children were killed, with Islamabad retaliating with its own strikes into Iran, aimed at Balochistan rebels hiding over the border.
Agriculture Minister David Littleproud said the government had no intention of retaliating with tariffs of its own, insisting Australia had no interest in a trade war.
A law approved last year by the General Assembly prohibits landlords from retaliating against tenants who organize against unsafe conditions.
During the current administration, Linick has criticized the State Department’s handling of personnel issues, accusing some of the president’s appointees of retaliating against career officials.
He had told one witness that he planned on retaliating against Dickerson for calling the police.
Illinois was often very reticent to convict people in controversial cases, as seen the next year when the people who killed Joseph Smith were let off free, and the Mormons who had engaged in some retaliating actions afterwards were all let off free.
India has been retaliating strongly to the Pakistani “misadventure” by targeting terror launch pads and ammunition storage across the LoC, they said.
Iraq's military also cautioned the U.S. from retaliating as it did on Friday without approval from the government.
Common combinations with retaliating
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- retaliating against 23×
- is retaliating 7×
- of retaliating 6×
- was retaliating 6×
- from retaliating 6×
- retaliating with 5×
- retaliating in 4×
- been retaliating 3×
- to retaliating 3×
- retaliating for 3×