recapture
verb (used with object)
was recapturing
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past progressiveof recapture.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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An interior ministry aide told the Interfax Ukraine agency that the military was recapturing the city "block by block".
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2014
Architect Robert Adam was recapturing the glories of Greece and Rome in his neoclassic columns and pediments.
From Time Magazine Archive
