Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
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In a way, he had been telegraphing it for several years.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2021
Blitzer brought on CNN political analyst David Chalian to confirm the dark fears the anchor had been telegraphing for nearly an hour.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 4, 2020
BP had been telegraphing its willingness to make a deal for some time, and Rosneft formally submitted an offer on Thursday to buy out BP’s 50 percent of a joint venture here called TNK-BP.
From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2012
Bill Gardner, the secretary of state in New Hampshire, had been telegraphing his decision for over a week.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2011
He had been telegraphing that the army of Jackson was gone, on its way to Richmond, and that there was nothing in front of him save a few skirmishers.
From The Scouts of Stonewall The Story of the Great Valley Campaign by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
