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was raging

  • past progressive
    of rage.
    rage
    noun
    angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination).

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While the Middle East was breathing a sigh of relief at the U.S.-Iran cease-fire, a big-money battle was raging at Polymarket.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026

"Nothing like this has ever happened. The water was raging."

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2025

I loved writing Robbie because it felt like he was raging against being left behind and and I felt, in many cases, in the script, why wouldn’t you do something?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2025

The Vietnam War was raging, American cities were burning, university campuses were stirring with protest.

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2025

Back home, a national debate was raging over H-bomb testing, provoked by the fallout fiasco of the Bravo tests.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik