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was staging
  • past progressive of stage.

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"Unlimited money," he said from a buggy at his Doral course, which was staging LIV's team championship.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

The war in the Middle East has sent oil prices surging and reignited volatility across global financial markets, pressuring emerging markets just as the asset class was staging its strongest run in years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

The country’s largest union, known by its acronym CGT, said it was staging the strike alongside other labor syndicates “in defense of democracy, labor rights and a living wage.”

From Seattle Times • May 9, 2024

Ms. Kusama lived in New York from 1958 to 1975, and when he was a young man, Mr. Nahem met her in the late 1960s, when she was staging avant-garde events around the city.

From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2024

The drama sponsor, a woman named Joan Mott, a “very nice person” and his colleague on the English faculty, was staging a scene and blocking the actors.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove