Example Sentences

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The seemingly innocuous posts, according to Ms. Weiss, relit a firestorm at Twitter that had been raging for days.

From Washington Times • Dec. 12, 2022

Across the region on Thursday, people waded back home and trudged up muddy, debris-covered streets that had been raging waterways just a day earlier to see what, if anything, had survived.

From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2022

The blaze at Wessenden Valley on Marsden Moor, a National Trust site near Huddersfield, had been raging for a few days in April 2021 when he arrived at the scene at dawn.

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2022

Protests against systemic racism and injustice had been raging for five days, and the nation’s theaters were excruciatingly silent in expressing support.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2020

There an outbreak of the black-headed budworm had been raging for several years.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson