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was sunning

  • past progressive
    of sun.
    sun
    noun
    the star that is the central body of the earth's solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 25 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.

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Borrelli said when the crash happened, Vaughan was sunning herself on the bow of the boat and “bounced” into the water at the moment of impact.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 7, 2023

"They're monitoring and then they let all the other people know," said the 69-year-old who was sunning with her friends.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2023

The big snake was sunning itself on a rock when Jim Sweeney pinned it with his snake hook and grabbed it around the middle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2016

A rock hyrax, an animal the size and shape of a beaver but, oddly enough, a relative of the elephant, was sunning itself on a rock by the front gate.

From New York Times ● Sep. 12, 2010

The last thing she remembered was sunning herself by a swimming pool in Palm Springs, California.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut