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are wagging

  • present progressive of wag.

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As President Biden ponders a reelection run in 2024, tongues are wagging about some of the party’s Generation X rising stars including Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan and Gov.-elect Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania.

From Washington Times Nov. 23, 2022

All eyes are turning to the latest U.S. inflation figures, but all tongues are wagging about the crash in crypto.

From Reuters Nov. 9, 2022

Tongues are wagging a-plenty on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border.

From Washington Times Sep. 16, 2014

But while English may be the only truly international language, millions of tongues are wagging over what is rapidly becoming the world's other lingua franca: Mandarin.

From Time Magazine Archive

So half the town is embarrassed and sulking, not to mention ticked off at the other half, who are wagging their fingers to say I told you so.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

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