pop
verb (used without object)
to make a short, quick, explosive sound.
was popping
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past progressiveof pop.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Qualcomm’s stock was popping Tuesday morning after the company announced a collaboration with Amazon.com for multiple generations of custom chips for large-scale artificial-intelligence data centers.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
Within a week, Brundage was popping up on Big Pipes’ weekly conference call, sharing what he knew.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
Guidance for the current quarter was another reason the stock was popping.
From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026
“Russia,” she writes, “stripped me of my humanity … sadness was popping all over the place.”
From Slate ● May 4, 2024
The old soldier was popping com: pop pop poppity pop.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
