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was replying
  • past progressive of reply.

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The support team was replying to some accounts, offering a link to Hulu’s support page — which ended up going down too.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2024

Mr Dowden was replying to SNP deputy leader Mhairi Black who claimed he had dismissed warnings of higher mortgages from her party.

From BBC • Jul. 12, 2023

Well, importantly, I would get a notification every time anyone replied to the hell thread, which at some point was some significant percentage of the entire app was replying to one thread.

From New York Times • May 5, 2023

When one Twitter user noted that Mr. Joyce was replying to an anonymous user with a pink teddy bear in January, Mr. Joyce took the chance to deploy his it-takes-all-kinds mantra.

From Washington Times • Feb. 3, 2023

Of course, she was replying to my question about why we turned the clocks back in the fall.

From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen