Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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Still, it stuck to its annual production target of 1.8 million cars, a sign that the price cuts were buoying demand to an extent.
From Reuters ● Oct. 18, 2023
Dan naturally repeated these remarks to the dory from the Carrie, who wanted to know why they were buoying their cable, since they were not on rocky bottom.
From Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling
She could not swim, but her skirts, spreading, were buoying her up briefly.
From The Submarine Boys and the Middies The Prize Detail at Annapolis by Victor G. Durham
Dan naturally repeated these remarks to a dory from the Carrie, who wanted to know why they were buoying their cable, since they were not on rocky bottom.
From Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling
