had been bruiting

• past perfect progressive

  past perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.

  of bruit.
  bruit

  verb (used with object)

  to voice abroad; rumor (used chiefly in the passive and often followed byabout ).

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