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  • verb Present participle of rev.

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Examples

  • Through conferences, debates, panel discussions, lectures and publications, Danforth hopes that as the 2012 presidential campaigns begin revving their engines next year, the center can have a calming effect on a debate that some say has devolved from thoughtful to thoughtless.

    Danforth Centers Hopes to Set Tone for Civil Religion Josh Fleet 2010

  • Through conferences, debates, panel discussions, lectures and publications, Danforth hopes that as the 2012 presidential campaigns begin revving their engines next year, the center can have a calming effect on a debate that some say has devolved from thoughtful to thoughtless.

    Danforth Centers Hopes to Set Tone for Civil Religion Josh Fleet 2010

  • FEYERICK: You use the word revving, the engines sounded as if they were revving.

    CNN Transcript Feb 13, 2009 2009

  • About 10 minutes later, while the Magnolia resident was resting in the room, he heard a noise close by that he described as the revving of a car engine.

    The Facts: News 2008

  • About 10 minutes later, while the Magnolia resident was resting in the room, he heard a noise close by that he described as the revving of a car engine.

    The Facts: News 2008

  • About 10 minutes later, while the Magnolia resident was resting in the room, he heard a noise close by that he described as the revving of a car engine.

    The Facts: News 2008

  • About 10 minutes later, while the Magnolia resident was resting in the room, he heard a noise close by that he described as the revving of a car engine.

    The Facts: News 2008

  • About 10 minutes later, while the Magnolia resident was resting in the room, he heard a noise close by that he described as the revving of a car engine.

    The Facts: News 2008

  • About 10 minutes later, while the Magnolia resident was resting in the room, he heard a noise close by that he described as the revving of a car engine.

    The Facts: News 2008

  • About 10 minutes later, while the Magnolia resident was resting in the room, he heard a noise close by that he described as the revving of a car engine.

    The Facts: News 2008

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