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Officials have also been trying to establish how many people were killed on the ground and have been continuing the slow process of matching DNA samples to confirm the victims' identities.

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2025

Limited supply, perhaps because current homeowners are reluctant to move given the high mortgage rates they'd pay for a new home, is one possible reason home prices have been continuing to rise.

From Reuters • Oct. 12, 2023

The pair have been continuing to rehearse and refine in New York, along with the rest of the ensemble.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 20, 2023

Those talks have been continuing over the weekend.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2022

Then Sunday spoke, but so dreamily that he might have been continuing a conversation rather than beginning one.

From The Man Who Was Thursday, a nightmare by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)