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is fiddling

  • present progressive of fiddle (3rd person singular).

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You might hear the first verse of a song, maybe even a chorus if you're lucky, but it's never long before someone is fiddling with the playlist and impatiently changing the track.

From BBC Feb. 13, 2022

It’s likely, though, that discussion of what the Olympics should look like, where and how they should be held, is fiddling around the real problem.

From New York Times Jul. 5, 2021

I think this is impressive, because she is fiddling with things I couldn’t fiddle with, all the technical stuff.

From Time Dec. 21, 2015

As a result, it is extremely difficult to track down the owner of a rogue drone unless the operator is fiddling with the remote controls in plain sight.

From Washington Post Jan. 26, 2015

Science is loud because Mr. Levy is fiddling with a plastic skeleton and not paying attention to us.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée