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Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert admitted during a December hearing that his staff had been altering his page every night over a span of two weeks.

From Slate • May 28, 2019

Some of the firm's traders also had been altering Libor to benefit their own trading positions as far back as 2005.

From New York Times • Jul. 8, 2012

Flavia's feelings towards her cousin had been altering hour by hour; and this experience of him hastened her tacit surrender.

From The Wild Geese by Weyman, Stanley John

I found a bit of flexible wire upon the carpet yesterday morning when I was looking over the house with your stepsister, and came to the conclusion that someone had been altering the lights.

From The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel by Hanshew, Mary E.

In furious haste the Service men had been altering the controls of the dirigible atomic torpedoes, so that they would respond to ultra-wave control; and, few in number though they were, each was highly effective.

From Triplanetary by Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer)