Example Sentences

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For months, the movement had been accelerating and expanding, damaging homes, cracking roadways and upending life across the Portuguese Bend area.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2024

Prices for medical care services, which had been accelerating as patients started to come back for their normal procedures after the pandemic, dropped for the second month in a row.

From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2022

The upward trend had been accelerating since 2013.

From BBC • Jul. 28, 2022

Ciro Ugarte, director of health emergencies for the Pan American Health Organization, said vaccination efforts had been accelerating in recent weeks.

From Washington Post • Aug. 18, 2021

He had been accelerating after passing through the town of Highmore, but said he had not yet set his cruise control.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 24, 2021