- present participle of be.
being
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In May, Tyler was placed into an induced coma after having emergency intestinal surgery in Portugal, but later died "as a result of the illness that she was being treated for", her family said.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
“I did not ask or authorize my mother to give such consent on my behalf, and I do not recall signing or being asked to sign any document giving that consent.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Proceeds from the loans made by the insurers passed through entities purportedly controlled by each of these firms before being used to fund other Walter-linked businesses, the people said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
The USS George Washington, the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, is being pulled from the western Pacific and sent toward the Middle East to replace the Lincoln.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Like, Berlin Chambers could now understand more than half of what was being said.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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"We need to all rethink and start thinking of each other as human beings, all entitled to our own opinions."
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Laforteza’s announcement followers similar decisions from actor-musician Ariana Grande, who told fans earlier this week that she would be stepping away from the public eye and that “human beings can need a break sometimes.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
Total domination attacked this fragile construction at its root, making human beings superfluous and sweeping them into an ideological process whose terrible boast was, in her phrase, “everything is possible.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Suraci stressed that large carnivores, like any species, have inherent value beyond the services they provide to human beings -- but said that failing to make the economic case would be a disservice to them.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
For them, human beings are barely visible to the naked eye.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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