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were housing

  • past progressive of house.

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As of March, 18 local authority areas in Scotland were housing 1,352 asylum seekers in hotels.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2025

It was unclear whether any of these buildings were housing Russian soldiers.

From New York Times Jan. 4, 2023

Me and my little brother were forced to share a room because our third room was always for whichever artist we were housing at the time.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 6, 2022

But the blaze then spread to two other homes, which were housing two families, authorities said.

From Fox News Feb. 4, 2022

There were few habitués there, but a sprinkling of strangers, for we were housing another kindred institution pending its summer cleaning.

From A Veldt Vendetta by Mitford, Bertram