were advocating
- past progressive of advocate.
Example Sentences
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Fakana's family is being supported by the charity, which said his parents were advocating for a royal pardon and commuted sentence.
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2024
“It was great that back then, people were advocating for food justice the way we are today.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2023
Plato, who had relatives among the Thirty Tyrants, was thought to be sympathetic to the Thirty Tyrants and suspicious of those who were advocating for democracy.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
Moreover, many proponents were advocating for women's health, but not reproductive freedom.
From Salon ● May 25, 2022
We hoped that the government and ordinary South Africans would see that the principles they were fighting for in Europe were the same ones we were advocating at home.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
