were compounding
- past progressive of compound.
Example Sentences
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Officials said growing overcapacity, rising steel imports and tariffs from other countries were compounding challenges for the EU steel sector.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2025
Kate Phillips-Barrasso, vice president of Mercy Corps, said that relentless fighting and insufficient humanitarian aid were compounding the crisis.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 29, 2023
By the first half of the fourteenth century, natural disasters were compounding the difficulties China already faced.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
The National Headteachers Union Cymru said below- inflation pay awards were compounding the problem.
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2022
Other men in like condition were compounding with their creditors, and thus getting out of their difficulties by partial repudiation.
From Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men by Joblin, Maurice
