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was doubting
  • past progressive of doubt.

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"We went through the trenches there. We asked for a good defensive set because everyone was doubting it," Jones told BBC Sport.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

“I was doubting myself, hadn’t been practicing, was just being a downer,” Tongi says.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 29, 2023

“No one was doubting me except for me. I had to believe that it would work out for it to work.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2021

“Coming into the game, everybody was doubting us,” defensive end Jeffery Simmons told NBC afterward.

From Washington Post • Nov. 7, 2021

She holds my hand while she cries, which I was doubting she’d even do because she was so pissed when she got here.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera