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were catering

  • past progressive of cater.

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"So, we were catering for all the public at large, which was very important because people were so very frustrated and depressed."

From BBC Jul. 23, 2023

And doing that not so much by sending in more troops, but by making sure that we were catering our true presence there to the counter-terrorism threat.

From Salon Sep. 15, 2021

In other parts of the country, malls were opening, bars were filling up and boardwalks were catering to tourists as summer begins.

From Washington Post Jun. 3, 2020

She learned that the kind of companies that would hire her were catering to female consumers, and they assumed she would know about women.

From New York Times Jul. 1, 2018

"Yes, yes, yes," cutting instantly into a leg of mutton, as if he were catering for a giant.

From Ten Girls from Dickens by Sweetser, Kate Dickinson

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