dope
noun
any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
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The report found it was not "comfortably satisfied" that Halep had been doping from March, even though there were "strong grounds for suspicion".
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2023