spot
noun
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
had been spotting
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past perfect progressiveof spot.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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Caldor fire spokesman Jason Hunter said the fire had been spotting — or generating wind-blown sparks, which can create new fires — at half-mile distances in recent days.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2021
"Safe from a direct hit by five-point-nines," said the observation officer, a regular promoted from the ranks who had been "spotting" shells since the war began.
From My Second Year of the War by Frederick Palmer
Our gunners had most of the enemy positions covered, as our aeroplanes had been spotting them.
From Into the Jaws of Death by Jack O'Brien
