For the answer to the question above, I believe it is various forms of be.
The most common linking verbs are, am, is, are, was, were, being, and been, so the correct answer is the third choice among the given questions.
Hello there here is the answer!:
<em>one of the instances are : What does it mean
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<em>to silence another? It means I ruminate on the hit
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<em>of rain against the tin roof of childhood, how I could listen
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<em>all day until the water rusted its way in.</em>