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were homing
  • past progressive of home.

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Four machines were homing in the shaft from the southeast and the northwest with huge conveyor belts taking the spoil along the length of the tunnel.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2025

“During our week of preparation, we were homing in on physicality, being dominant and we were truly dominant up front,” linebacker Lander Barton said a week after Whittingham called his defensive front seven soft.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 10, 2022

“I think we were homing in on Leyendecker because of his ability to stylize, to make characters feel monumental,” he says.

From The Verge • Sep. 2, 2021

Over the years, hundreds upon hundreds of journal publications reported breast cancer experiments involving MDA-MB-435, as scientists hoped they were homing in on better treatments or even a cure.

From Slate • Apr. 14, 2017

They were homing birds, exclusively male, that were released into regions where the Capitol's enemies were known to be hiding.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins