had been scraping
- past perfect progressive of scrape.
Example Sentences
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Data scientist and ex-Twitter employee, Dr Rumman Chowdhury, told the BBC it was unclear if AI organisations had been scraping data from Twitter, but suggested financial issues could be behind the changes.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2023
The 49-year-old woman had been scraping ice off her car in 2011 when she slipped and hit her head on the pavement.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 26, 2017
This Comcast IP address is associated with somebody who had been scraping driver data from the Uber website,” Uber attorney James G. Snell, of Perkins Coie LLP, told U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2015
In the meantime, Mr. Lessig said he and his family had been scraping by since kicking off his campaign last month.
From New York Times ● Oct. 8, 2015
The edge was smeared dark, like it had been scraping tar “Eech!”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
