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was relieving

  • past progressive
    of relieve.
    relieve
    verb (used with object)
    to ease or alleviate (pain, distress, anxiety, need, etc.).

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Camden Council, which is funding the project, said the extra support was "relieving financial pressure at a time when everyday costs are rising".

From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2026

Boone went to the mound and Kenyon Middleton thought he was relieving, but the manager waved for him to remain in the bullpen, and Carpenter chased Schmidt with a run-scoring single.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 1, 2023

Lyons wasn't as concerned with offering the sick some relief as she was relieving them of their funds.

From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2022

Corral’s actions were admirable and it was relieving to hear from Coach Lane Kiffin after the game that X-rays on the quarterback’s ankle showed no broken bones.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 2, 2022

Here two-thirds of the company were left; and the captain led the others out, an officer belonging to the regiment whose men he was relieving accompanying him.

From Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83) by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty