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was flexing

  • past progressive of flex.

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Apple's announcement of hardware innovations for the holiday season despite the chip shortage showed the company was flexing its supply chain muscles, Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives said.

From Reuters Oct. 19, 2021

As SpaceX was flexing, the rocket launch market began to change As SpaceX was flexing, the rocket launch market began to change.

From The Verge Dec. 12, 2019

Johnson is back as Hobbs, the soulful human sequoia who until recently was flexing his muscles and eyebrows in federal law enforcement.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2019

John Tate, an attorney for Huy Fong Foods, said the city was "flexing its muscle and thumbing Huy Fong in the eye".

From BBC Apr. 10, 2014

He was flexing his muscles and smoothing his mustache excitedly.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling