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were mapping

  • past progressive of map.

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No part of this country, even quiet places like Kropyvnytskyi, where Taras and Olha were mapping out their futures, has been spared.

From New York Times Feb. 20, 2023

It’s not that the songs about grief and ambition were mapping new thematic territory; it’s definitely not that the “Born to Run” glockenspiel licks were doing something you’d never heard.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 6, 2022

The men had been traveling the Itaquai River to interview Indigenous surveillance teams who were mapping criminal activity and defending their land from invaders.

From Washington Post Jun. 18, 2022

“It’s interesting to think about whether sub-Saharan African foragers were mapping onto a kind of refugium model.”

From Science Magazine Feb. 23, 2022

While the Respectables were putting most of their energies into making ends meet, the Refined were mapping out plans to make the heart of the black residential area a vibrant place to live.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield