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had been jockeying

  • past perfect progressive of jockey.

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According to reporting at the time, Wish's firm had been jockeying with Nationstar for the deal.

From Salon Mar. 17, 2023

The firm had been jockeying to win the $30-million Google Lunar X PRIZE, a competition to put a lander on the Moon by 2015.

From Scientific American Sep. 3, 2013

The whales had been jockeying for space to breathe through a gap in the ice.

From BBC Jan. 10, 2013