prop
verb (used with object)
to support, or prevent from falling, with or as if with a prop (often followed byup ).
were propping
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past progressiveof prop.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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In April 2021, while COVID-19 still raged and billions of dollars from taxpayers were propping up big airlines, Levy launched Avelo Airlines with flights between Burbank, California, and Las Vegas.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2024
It’s because, until now, investors were propping up the industry by subsidizing money-losing operations in hopes that some would hit it big.
From Slate ● Nov. 21, 2017
To put it more bluntly than the footnotes do, the two subsidiaries were propping up each other’s balance sheets with i.o.u.s.
From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2015
Those borrowers argued that they signed contracts based on misrepresentations by bank officials who failed to disclose that the banks were propping up the auction-rate market, leaving it vulnerable to collapse.
From Chicago Tribune ● Dec. 26, 2014
I couldn’t help but smile—it was as if these two babies were propping me up.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
