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were appearing

  • past progressive
    of appear.
    appear
    verb (used without object)
    to come into sight; become visible.

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Six of them were appearing in court on Thursday.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

Stephanie Gallen, from Glasgow, said garments she listed on Vinted with size 14 labels were appearing on the platform as size 20–22.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2025

Liu observed that these two amino acids were appearing at different concentrations.

From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2025

There’s a lawsuit against the watchdog group Media Matters after it published a report saying that ads were appearing next to posts supporting Nazism.

From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2024

Shell bursts were appearing in the air, white flakes, round puffs.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara