- present participle of stand.
standing
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Standing beside her hospital bed, his mind drifts to Paris and to Penelope, the aspiring musician he married after falling hopelessly in love.
From Salon • Jun. 30, 2026
Standing in their way this time is Bosnia and Herzegovina, a republic of the former Yugoslavia making only its second World Cup as an independent country.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026
Standing at the lectern outside his front door, he said: "Walking up this street two years ago was the proudest moment of my life."
From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026
Standing in the half-finished cinder-block basement of the house that serves as the Ambulance Service’s HQ, Sadeq tipped a bowl of chopped onions into a large pot, stirring slowly as the oil sizzled.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2026
Standing in the Duomo, itself proof of Florentine genius, the brothers must have seemed untouchable.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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Vocabulary of the Summer Olympics
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Civilizations and Peoples of the Fertile Crescent, Lessons 3–4
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