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were answering

  • past progressive
    of answer.
    answer
    noun
    a spoken or written reply or response to a question, request, letter, etc..

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The moments in our interview where he was least sure-footed were answering questions about how he'd manage relationships with Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Or they were answering some non-crucial Instagram DM.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025

So we were answering a lot of questions that honestly I don’t think we were ready for.”

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 29, 2023

"The reason why the polls are wrong," he explains, "is because the people who were answering these surveys were the wrong people."

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2022

And from the distance, as if it were answering, one of the cows mooed, a real bellow, long and loud.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien