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Slay recently had been completing the final requirements for a culinary degree at Woodland Community College, his brother wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2023

Building workers had been completing interior and exterior repairs in recent months, city records show.

From Seattle Times • May 31, 2023

His wife, who had been completing a PhD program, got a job in her native California, necessitating a cross-country move.

From Washington Post • Apr. 5, 2023

The 22-year-old had been completing a bucket list while undergoing treatment.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2022

Red Cross amateur nurses and St. John's Ambulance nurses had been completing their training.

From With our Fighting Men The story of their faith, courage, endurance in the Great War by Sellers, William Edward