- present participle of work.
working
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He is also working on getting more exercise and eating less salt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
After working with the first- and second-team offenses during training camp, Bennett appeared confident directing a unit that mostly included third-string players.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
She said decisions to reopen roads were being taken on a street-by-street basis, with the council working closely with emergency services.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Even so, researchers are still working to understand exactly how gut bacteria process the many components of plant foods and how those interactions produce beneficial effects.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
He was, he said, working with the underground himself.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
For a filmmaker fascinated by the slippery workings of memory, the combination is a natural fit: Before Odysseus can resume his journey, he has to remember that he wants to go home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
With its jokes about the inner workings of Hollywood agents at CAA and the trappings of fame and fortune, “Gail Daughtry” could easily feel like inside baseball.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
There was concern in that group that its inner workings should be hidden from the public because, as the executive order put it, certain proposed solutions “will be ineffective if commonly known.”
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
Those recordings offer rare access into the inner workings of a fraud and the psychological tactics of a master of deception.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
Harsh sounds of chains and pulleys, like the workings of an ancient steel factory, echoed through the room, bouncing off the walls with a hollow, tinny whine.
From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner
