Possessing
Working and possessing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Working" instead an adjective "Possessing".
Working
Working adjective - Being in effective operation.
Possessing and working are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Possessing" instead an adjective "Working".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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This would not be so bad, except it also gives said dead a chance to influence the living world; Sample backfires include one possessing an unconscious person and working out it's issues with the living, possessing a corpse, or being spooky.
Source: Tabletop Game / Ironclaw -
Then Ocelot reveals that Liquid wasn't possessing him, and that he was working against The Patriots all along.
Source: Hijacked by Ganon - Man Behind the Man: An unnamed entity working behind the scenes who succeeds in his goals of possessing a younger host and obtaining the orb Brahm left behind after his death.
Source: Webcomic / Nosfera
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