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were linking
  • past progressive of link.

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By the second day of the operation, approximately 160,000 Allied troops with considerable armor were linking up in a continuous line through Europe and punching holes in German defenses.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Grandi also said most refugees at the moment were linking up with friends, family and other connections already living in Europe, but warned future waves would be more complex.

From Reuters • Mar. 5, 2022

The nation’s leaders were linking arms to celebrate a lawful transfer of power.

From Washington Post • Jan. 24, 2021

Page conceived a system that would crawl the internet to determine which pages were linking to other pages, positing that it could lead to the creation of a new kind of search engine.

From The Verge • Sep. 5, 2018

In 2006, 73 million bibliographic records were linking to 1 billion documents available in these libraries.

From Technology and Books for All by Lebert, Marie