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was owning

  • past progressive of own.

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Their prize of 2024 was owning it all.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 6, 2025

With an injury-affected team, this was their new manager's first group game in Europe - Europa League, September 2021 - and he was owning it, until he wasn't.

From BBC Dec. 12, 2024

He no longer looked like he was having fun or was owning his opponents like he used to.

From Salon Oct. 21, 2024

The solution, AT&T figured, wasn’t simply distributing content — it was owning it too.

From Los Angeles Times May 21, 2020

This was my truth and I was owning it.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon