3 verses have
“were”
in Edition Clear Qur'an by Talal Itani / Ad-Dukhaan (The Smoke)
44:29Neither heaven nor earth wept over them, nor were they reprieved.
44:37Are they better, or the people of Tubba and those before them? We annihilated them. They were evildoers.
44:49Taste! You who were powerful and noble.
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Those who spend their wealth by night and day, privately and publicly, will receive their reward from their Lord. They have nothing to fear, nor shall they grieve.
The Holy Quran · Al-Baqara (The Cow) · 2:274