in progress
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Liverpool are still a work in progress under Andoni Iraola too.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
“I wanted an image that would not be related to any opera,” Martínez Celaya said during a preview of the curtain when it was still a work in progress.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
In Germany, a country once known for precision, punctuality and trains that run on time, that is a work in progress.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
I’d appreciate guidance on balancing emotional maturity, timing and confidence — especially in your early 20s when your finances and identity still feel like works in progress.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
They were works in progress, malleable, and could be set on the right path if the law behaved like a stem but loving parent rather than as an instrument of punishment.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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