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had been posturing
  • past perfect progressive of posture.

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With those who had been posturing now quiet — and maybe chastened — did you have a sense that there would be more of a coming together?

From Washington Post • Sep. 13, 2022

For months the U.S. and the Soviet Union had been posturing about arms control in high-visibility pronouncements to journalists and government leaders and in various public forums.

From Time Magazine Archive