pilot
noun
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
were piloting
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past progressiveof pilot.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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Authorities said they were piloting a boat containing seven adults and a child over Thanksgiving weekend in 2022 when it overturned off Imperial Beach, several miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2023
Hidden in a high-rise, a pair of Ukrainian soldiers watched it all on a feed from the consumer drone they were piloting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2023
Virginia State Police Troopers H. Jay Cullen and Berke M. Bates also died when the helicopter they were piloting crashed into a wooded area.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 11, 2022
Separately, Saudi Arabia said that its navy had seized three members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, who it said were piloting a boat loaded with explosives toward a Saudi offshore oil rig.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2017
The most emphatic voices were those of the drivers, who were piloting the horses drawing the artillery and caissons.
From The Boy Volunteers with the French Airman by Kenneth Ward
