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was ranging
  • past progressive of range.

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County rate was ranging from 3 percent to the highest, maybe 13, 15 percent.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2022

“It was ranging from somebody just staring into space, some people talking — and some people weeping,” he said.

From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2020

I was ranging all over the place in this apartment complex that we lived in, just discovering everything.

From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2019

But baserunner Joey Gallo had been trying to steal second, and shortstop Andrelton Simmons was ranging over to cover the base.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 9, 2017

But where we saw it last a green star was adrift and was ranging up and down in the night.

From The Sea and the Jungle by Tomlinson, H. M. (Henry Major)