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was talking
  • past progressive of talk.

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"I was talking with other students who believe this technology can be used in swarm robotics -- where small robots can entangle, do a task and then disentangle when they are done," said Pezeshki.

From Science Daily • Jun. 15, 2026

"I don't think it's the family fight he was talking about."

From Barron's • Jun. 14, 2026

Altman later said the company doesn’t want federal loan guarantees, and Friar said the company wasn’t seeking help for its infrastructure commitments but was talking about a broader framework for an industrywide build-out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Depending on who he was talking to, Diamond has said that his masterpiece took four months of nonstop work to write or that it tumbled out over the course of a lunch break.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

She was talking to the huge crowd, but really she was talking to her dad, even though he wasn’t there.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz