is playing
- present progressive of play (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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A similar story is playing out in North Africa.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
England is playing in the consolation final for the second time in three World Cups; it lost to Belgium 2-1 in 2018.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Skeptics warn that Strategy is playing with fire as it struggles to balance the demands of common and preferred shareholders, and bitcoin investors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
The World Cup is here, on our own soil for the first time — the United States, Canada and Mexico — and Lionel Messi is playing as the defending champion in his sixth tournament.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
I probably deliver to Fred’s three nights a week, and two of those nights, Tammy Wynette is playing, and no matter how much good music I play afterward, the song sticks in my head.
From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King
