spectate
verb (used without object)
to participate as a spectator, as at a horse race.
had been spectating
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past perfect progressiveof spectate.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
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Some of them had been spectating from the sidelines in the bitter gusts at Gesa Field for an hour or more.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 2, 2022
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