report
noun
an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc..
had been reporting
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past perfect progressiveof report.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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In March, it purchased Facebook ads attacking a local news outlet in South Dakota, which had been reporting on Noem’s use of government credit cards.
From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2025
At the end of July or early August, a dairy farmer in Tulare County reportedly sold some of his cows to a farmer in Idaho, which had been reporting infected cattle herds since early April.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2024
I was on Columbia’s campus on the night Hamilton Hall was raided by police and had been reporting on the protests since the Gaza Solidarity Encampment there began.
From Slate ● Jun. 4, 2024
BBC Radio London had been reporting from Oxford Street as part of a feature on the future of the shopping destination.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2023
For decades the press had been reporting that cell culture was going to save the world from disease and make man immortal, but by 1951 the general public had stopped buying it.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
