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were wheeling
  • past progressive of wheel.

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"And they were wheeling that infusion pump and everything else with them."

From Science Daily • Oct. 15, 2025

The Washington Commanders then took Illinois defensive tackle Jer’Zhan Newton and a total of 20 defensive players went in a round that had seven trades as teams were wheeling and dealing to get their guy.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 27, 2024

At around 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, roughly 20 minutes after their plane from Paris landed in Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Joan Policastro and Tor Smitt were wheeling their bags to an airport shuttle.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2020

At a Costco in Los Angeles Tuesday, hand sanitizer was gone and shoppers clogged the back of the cavernous store where workers were wheeling out pallet after pallet of bottled water.

From Washington Times • Mar. 3, 2020

Flocks of birds, flying at great speed, were wheeling and circling, and traversing all the land as if they were searching for something; and they were steadily drawing nearer.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien