were breaching
- past progressive of breach.
Example Sentences
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“They made a big party and social event, where they were breaching and tail slapping,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2023
An embassy spokesman at the time questioned whether many Haitians who were breaching the U.S. border had in fact previously been living in Chile.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 22, 2021
In May, when the Taliban were breaching the outskirts of the southern city of Lashkar Gah, a hodgepodge group of border force soldiers were holding the line.
From New York Times ● Aug. 13, 2021
The data suggests seven of the 10 companies had treatment works that were breaching their permits by dumping sewage before they were treating the specified volumes.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2021
I started seeing reports about the west front of the Capitol and how they were breaching some barricades there and trying to get on the inaugural platform.
From Slate ● Jan. 7, 2021
