3 verses have
“were”
in Edition Clear Qur'an by Talal Itani / Al-Hijr (The Rock)
15:58They said, “We were sent to a sinful people.”
15:72By your life, they were blundering in their drunkenness.
15:78The people of the Woods were also wrongdoers.
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The Holy Quran · Al-Baqara (The Cow) · 2:274