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is working

  • present progressive
    of work (3rd person singular).
    work
    noun
    exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.

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“Once we started playing with each other, and you’re still trying to figure out who your character is, working through the other character. It’s such an intimate piece with two people.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

“This is working backwards on affordability,” Cassidy said.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

TAO is working to isolate that weak emission, while the Double Chooz findings now provide the first published benchmark for studying the residual signal from shut-down reactors and spent-fuel pools.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026

She is working with an attorney, but we want to make sure everything is being handled properly.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

By the time Bobby is a senior at Truman, his father is working as an electrician, “but he’s not trained as an electrician, so he works as an apprentice,” Bobby says.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove