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had been splashing
  • past perfect progressive of splash.

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Dr Ruja had been splashing out on designer-label goods - Jimmy Choo, Prada, and Calvin Klein - without regard for the expense.

From BBC • Nov. 2, 2021

In the blink of an eye, the same publications that a few months earlier had been splashing glossy paeans to Thinx across their covers were now racing to air its dirty laundry.

From The Guardian • May 11, 2018

Few expected Montpellier to win the French Ligue 1 title last year, especially given the way Qatari-backed side Paris Saint-Germain had been splashing the cash.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2012

In the middle of Manhattan's Madison Square Garden, in the pit where the delegates sat, only a few days before ardent swimmers had been splashing.

From Time Magazine Archive

She had been splashing valiantly for some minutes when Miss Lacey, forsaking her point of lookout, crept gingerly, with fear for her grenadine, to the edge of the rocks.

From The Opened Shutters by Burnham, Clara Louise