cover
verb (used with object)
to be or serve as a covering for; extend over; rest on the surface of.
had been covering
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past perfect progressiveof cover.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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He usually captures pictures for an array of stories and had been covering floods and football fixtures earlier this week.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026
When the two reporters got word on Wednesday afternoon that something was afoot at UCLA, Parise and Seals rushed to Westwood from a May Day protest they had been covering in Hollywood.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2024
When the first bodies were found, you had been covering true crime for so long.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2023
Several journalists who had been covering and tweeting about the rule change and Musk’s claims were then locked out of their accounts.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 16, 2022
A little later he brought her three books, but the one he had been covering with brown paper wasn’t one of them.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
