was parachuting

• past progressive

  past progressive

  Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.

  of parachute.
  parachute

  noun

  a folding, umbrellalike, fabric device with cords supporting a harness or straps for allowing a person, object, package, etc., to float down safely through the air from a great height, especially from an aircraft, rendered effective by the resistance of the air that expands it during the descent and reduces the velocity of its fall.

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was parachuting

By this time, Hitler was parachuting spies into Britain, and the script changes from Waugh to something by Olsen and Johnson.

From Time Magazine Archive

Tatyana was a secretary, but what she really enjoyed was parachuting, a sport she had taken up in her teens.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson

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