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As an amateur archaeologist whose passion had been discovering Bronze Age stone carvings, Yerlan Zhagiparov had never been politically active.

From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2022

In recent years Leicester’s global claim to fame had been discovering the battle-scarred skeleton of a 15th-century monarch under a parking lot in 2012.

From Washington Times • Dec. 23, 2015

The light-minded woman had been discovering good matches for her daughter almost from the year of her birth.

From Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Hardy, Thomas

While we had been making these discoveries, however, the village had been discovering us.

From The Car of Destiny by Both, Armand

In the last few years Mr. Britling, by the light of a variety of emotional excursions in other directions, had been discovering this.

From Mr. Britling Sees It Through by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)