Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
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By then, her husband, David Kimani, had been shuttling between doctors himself and ended up with a diagnosis of diabetes, another condition the couple knew nothing about.
From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2023
For months, Blinken had been shuttling back and forth to Europe to coordinate with U.S. allies on a variety of doomsday scenarios.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 25, 2022
It was now up to the attorney general, Geoffrey Cox, who had been shuttling to and from Brussels for weeks, to interpret it all and put a good gloss on it.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 17, 2019
Over the past few months, satellite beacons show, Silver Sea cargo ships had been shuttling regularly between Thailand and Papua New Guinea.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 27, 2015
Ravney had been shuttling troops about, dealing with the sporadic outbreaks of disorder here and there: many of these had been put down, and the rest died out after the telecast explaining the situation.
From A Slave is a Slave by H. Beam Piper
