were balloting
- past progressive of ballot.
Example Sentences
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But they were balloting to switch to a new model where visitors would pay £2 plus VAT per hotel room, within a designated area of the city.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2025
She said it was "unfortunate" that unions were balloting for industrial action.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2024
To be sure, the Administration did decide to request the new funds on the morning of the day that Texans were balloting, but the decision was only a tentative one.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The Judge could see that in one or two cases delegations were balloting again.
From In the Heart of a Fool by White, William Allen
The electors were balloting; but with the ballot,—so said the leader of the understrappers,—there never was any excitement.
From The Way We Live Now by Trollope, Anthony