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had been swapping
  • past perfect progressive of swap.

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Ahead of rehearsals in Nashville, Tenn., where Ann’s solo band Tripsitter is based, the Wilson sisters had been swapping set list ideas.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 26, 2023

During this time, the mediators had been swapping more workable drafts of a hostage agreement.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2023

US media reports say her parents found texts showing she had been swapping messages with a man in the UK.

From BBC • Aug. 28, 2019

For the reporters, who had been swapping experiences in a WhatsApp group since the early March, enough was enough.

From The Guardian • Mar. 27, 2018

That had been swapping the witch for the devil.

From Pioneers of the Old South: a chronicle of English colonial beginnings by Johnston, Mary