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were solving
  • past progressive of solve.

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The source also said that contrary to the binary narrative of the "big guy versus small guy", online deliveries were solving real-world challenges for people for whom going to the market was a "traumatic" experience.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2025

“It almost felt like we were solving a murder,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2024

But other industry experts said the drop suggested that new mines and processing plants were solving the lithium problem sooner than many analysts had thought was possible.

From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2023

"There can be a very vicious cycle involving police efforts to solve homicides, which under circumstances last year and into this year meant that the police were solving fewer homicides," Rosenfeld, the Missouri-St.

From Fox News • Jan. 16, 2022

Working together, they were solving problems that no one else could.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield