was publicizing
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past progressiveof publicize.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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To that point, few of Mr. Trump’s advisers appeared to have been aware that Mr. Solomon was publicizing the letter that the archives had sent to Mr. Corcoran.
From New York Times ● Aug. 23, 2022
The idea that Boback was publicizing his misfortune ate at him.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 28, 2019
Unless I was publicizing a pasta recipe for the food page, and I reported it was the pope’s favorite; Cardinal Dolan told me.
From New York Times ● Sep. 25, 2015
The pilot, Albert Maltret, 50, a salesman for an oil company, was publicizing the plight of Frenchmen who, he said, have been unjustly arrested in Morocco.
From Time Magazine Archive
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For another, Le Canard was publicizing the anti-wiretapping campaign, which had been stalled by the government's refusal to cooperate with Senate investigators.
From Time Magazine Archive
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