had been mirroring

• past perfect progressive

  past perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.

  of mirror.
  mirror

  noun

  a reflecting surface, originally of polished metal but now usually of glass with a silvery, metallic, or amalgam backing.

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