potting

present participle of pot

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Verb
  • Teams have been desperately clawing for seeding with the playoffs shaping up and players and coaches have been leaving it all on the field.
    Ted Nguyen, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Sunday’s contest in Dallas has playoff-seeding ramifications for the 11-5 Commanders.
    Ben Standig, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Most of the casualties were Hezbollah operatives, sowing chaos among the top ranks of the group.
    Mark Mazzetti, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024
  • There’s also the pregnant, endlessly vulnerable Players 222 (Jo Yu-ri) and 044 (Chae Gook-hee), who may be a mystical shaman or just an irrational, slithering kook sowing trouble and doubt.
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Potting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/potting. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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