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had been exposing

  • past perfect progressive of expose.

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Molavi had been exposing corruption at the highest levels of Iran's leadership.

From BBC May 15, 2025

For the sake of his triple-decker life, Sherry went everywhere the globe-trotting novelist had been, exposing himself to every blowpipe and mosquito-loud interior.

From The Guardian Jun. 24, 2016

Dias had been exposing male mice to acetophenone — a chemical with a sweet, almond-like smell — and then giving them a mild foot shock.

From Nature Mar. 5, 2014

The scandal of George F. Ewald, judge of the Traffic Court, was another climax in a long series of Democratic scandals which mischance and political adversaries had been exposing all through Mayor Walker's administration.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Aunt Lora helped me to nurse him, and she made me see how I had been exposing him to all sorts of risks, and—well, now we guard against them."

From The Coming of Bill by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)