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had been dogging

  • past perfect progressive of dog.

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Her family says that suspicions had been dogging her for years, arising from jealousy of her prosperity.

From Scientific American May 31, 2023

The lung problem, pulmonary emboli, had been dogging him for 20 years.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2021

And I realized these two men were avatars through which I could get at these questions that had been dogging me.

From New York Times Apr. 1, 2018

“I’ve never done this level of political activism before,” said Ms. Eiterich, who had been dogging Mr. Moran for months.

From New York Times Jul. 18, 2017

This man Gibson had been dogging Conti for months past.

From Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle by Jenkins, Herbert George