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is putting

  • present progressive
    of put (3rd person singular).
    put
    verb (used with object)
    to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position.
  • present progressive
    of putt (3rd person singular).
    putt
    verb (used with or without object)
    to strike (a gollf ball) gently so as to make it roll along the green into the hole.

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I walk down the hall and pop into my room, where Muqtada is putting his distinctive shape in the bed, turned toward the window, in his continuous dead reverie.

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