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were trusting

  • past progressive of trust.

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“This is going to test some relationships that were trusting relationships before,” he said.

From Washington Post Oct. 11, 2022

"You could tell by the 33 assists we were trusting each other on both ends of the floor."

From Fox News Feb. 5, 2022

“You can kind of spread that out. But the two words that resonated between players and coaches were trusting and reliable.”

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 15, 2021

“We certainly have special obligations to these people because they helped us, they were trusting us.”

From Seattle Times Aug. 21, 2021

He was to be given a completely fake identity, and they were trusting to the malevolent aura cast by Bellatrix to protect him.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling