were zeroing
- past progressive of zero.
Example Sentences
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Then, in 2020, as police were zeroing in on the house, a neighbor testified she saw a bevy of activity as a trailer backed up to the property.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2022
By that time scientists were zeroing in on overexuberant inflammation as a key feature of severe COVID.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 12, 2021
Investigators submitted evidence to the lab for analysis, Santa Clara County's deputy district attorney told the Mercury News in July without specifying which cases authorities were zeroing in on.
From Fox News ● Nov. 21, 2018
They were zeroing in on a second about 200 feet from shore as the exercise came to end.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 4, 2018
“I could see they were zeroing in on me in a way, developing a fatter and fatter dossier.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2011
