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were needing
  • past progressive of need.

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Conor Gallagher has been linked with a move away, and if the club were needing to get some financial breathing room they would have the option to sell Gallagher, Ian Maatsen and Armando Broja.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2024

“We were already running short of the monies we were needing because of multiple conflicts around the world like Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Syria, Yemen,” David Beasley, the organization’s executive director, told NPR.

From Scientific American • Apr. 18, 2022

“The idea of pulling benefits right at the time they were needing them the most didn’t make sense,” Heffernan said.

From Washington Post • Aug. 1, 2021

There were so many art blogs before mine, it was just the timing, and I think the platform really worked well for a group of people who were needing something like it.

From Slate • Sep. 7, 2020

Miss Graeme, my dear bairn, you were needing me then.

From Janet's Love and Service by Robertson, Margaret M. (Margaret Murray)