11.Well, the continued explosive economic growth in China has been one of the key factors keeping the entire world economy ticking over in recent years.
12." She'll be back, and for the time being I'm just keeping everything ticking over for her." Irina's frown deepens, her forehead huge and crenelated.
13.If you look at the history of the Fed's view of what the long-term normal interest rate is, that has been steadily ticking higher over the last year and a half or so.