litigate
verb (used with object)
to make the subject of a lawsuit; contest at law.
was litigating
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past progressiveof litigate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, the chairman of the Finance Committee, said his panel alone was litigating more than 20 issues.
From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2021
Lawyer Roberta Kaplan reflected that only six years ago she was litigating before the U.S.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 3, 2019
There, according to J. Tobin Grant, a Southern Illinois University political scientist, it staked out a more ideological position than the Alliance Defending Freedom, which was litigating the case.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 30, 2015
