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was reporting

  • past progressive
    of report.
    report
    noun
    an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc..

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Independent councillor Janet Cleverly made the comments when she was reporting a fly-tipping incident to Newport City Council.

From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026

Ahlsten: The company was reporting good earnings and gaining market share.

From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026

The New York Times was reporting on a “widespread legal attack on the state’s prison system” by followers of Elijah Muhammad.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025

Several weeks ago Bloomberg was reporting it had seen correspondence between Schiraldi’s lawyers and the ECB in which they listed several areas requiring “supervisory attention.”

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 25, 2025

Voice of America was reporting it, as was French radio, which Olanna translated: Tanzania was the first country to recognize the existence of the independent nation of Biafra.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie