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being

[bee-ing] / ˈbi ɪŋ /




Example Sentences

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“I’m not a father yet, but to me, the closest thing to being an expectant father was like, ‘Oh, my TV partner has a baby on the way!’”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Both were wearing life jackets and were safely recovered, along with the kayak, before being returned to shore and handed to Coastguard volunteers.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Are you being ripped off— or has the company’s value actually tripled in the past eight months?

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

And the organization is sanguine about AI models being trained on Wikipedia articles, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

The Knight of the White Moon had a faster horse; Don Quixote fell off Rocinante without even being touched by his opponent's lance.

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios




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