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were querying
  • past progressive of query.

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"Some were querying 'have we reached peak Greggs?' and we have gone out...to demonstrate that this is not the case," the food retail boss said.

From BBC • Oct. 1, 2025

Not only were these Chelsea players questioning their ability to remain a top-four club but their supporters were querying it too.

From The Guardian • Dec. 29, 2010

Not only were these Chelsea players questioning their ability to remain a top-four club, but their supporters were querying it too.

From The Guardian • Dec. 29, 2010

Reports had come in that farmers were querying the unusual drop in the temperatures at night.

From The Secret of the Ninth Planet by Wollheim, Donald Allen