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had been replaying

  • past perfect progressive of replay.

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After a heavy sigh and a long pause, his cousin Edith Chesoi told the BBC that she had been replaying the video over and over in her head.

From BBC Sep. 19, 2025

For nearly a quarter of a century, he had been replaying the counsel she had doled out during his basketball days at Loyola-Chicago.

From New York Times Mar. 26, 2021

All morning, he had been replaying the vandalism in his mind.

From Washington Post Jul. 9, 2019

When he met reporters afterward, he said he had been replaying the move since it happened.

From Washington Post Feb. 20, 2018

He had been replaying the words of a director from one of the other drama schools, who had told him that he could recognize an actor from the way he enters a room.

From New York Times Sep. 11, 2015