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was smashing

  • past progressive of smash.

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Tasha Burtwistle, who got to briefly visit her brother in the jungle along with their mum, said he was "smashing it" and she was "proud of how far he's come".

From BBC Dec. 7, 2025

As messy as his signature move was, smashing food was also Gallagher’s way of brining his shows to a satisfying grand finale.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 11, 2022

Making the point early this spring, the Ogden’s staff was smashing stereotypes about the South with a jazzy one-man show by the Cuban American modernist Luis Cruz Azaceta.

From New York Times Apr. 27, 2022

Earlier in the week, Contee said police were still trying to learn why the man was at the ambassador’s home and why he was smashing the windows.

From Seattle Times Apr. 23, 2022

Dobbs was smashing furniture with an ash stand.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller