A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
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In 2011, he received a Tony nomination for his role in The Scottsboro Boys, a musical based on the true story of nine Black teenagers wrongly accused of raping two white women.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026
Earlier this year, ABC news anchor George Stephanopoulos appeared on the network’s “This Week” news program and asserted that Trump was found liable for raping writer E. Jean Carroll.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2025
Carroll sued Trump in November 2019 and seeks at least $10 million in damages over comments he made while in office that June after she first publicly accused him of raping her in the mid-1990s.
From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2023
Ex-Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy has been found not guilty of raping a woman and attempting to rape another at his home in Cheshire.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2023
Former Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy was found not guilty at a retrial Friday of one count of raping a woman and the attempted rape of another woman.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 14, 2023
