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Up until then he had been corresponding with his mother through letters written in his much-improved English - only his mother didn't understand them as she couldn't read or write the language.

From BBC • May 29, 2021

A white ally of the Kellys on the Fair Housing Council, schoolteacher Harriet Glickman, had been corresponding with cartoonist Charles Schulz, urging him to add a Black character to his comic strip.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 12, 2021

While he was in transit, Hardy had been corresponding with the London publisher, which, despite some reservations, had accepted the novel for publication.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 23, 2019

He had met his daughter for the first time the day before, though they had been corresponding for a few years.

From Slate • May 19, 2017

He took the train that was going down-town, and when he reached the Twelfth Street station, suddenly decided to go to Southern Illinois, and visit the girl Jessie, with whom he had been corresponding.

From The Homesteader A Novel by Micheaux, Oscar