in progress
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She calls her garden a work in progress, and although she has suffered failures along the way, she values the friendships she has made outside her front door.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
There are just team names and logos, team records, game times, and the scores of games in progress or completed.
From Slate • Jun. 10, 2026
JGB prices may also be weighed by Monday’s slowing in progress toward a deal to end the U.S.-Iran conflict, which could keep crude oil prices somewhat elevated.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
"We're still a work in progress," Rubio said during a visit to India.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
I can only explain the scientific mania that overtook my father during that spring of ’59 as a symptom of the belief in progress that was infecting everyone back then.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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