raid
noun
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed.
were raiding
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past progressiveof raid.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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Don’t tell Jason Gay, but I don’t think most of these people were raiding a college-savings plan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
Police were raiding the daycare centre, his friend said, go pick up your children right now.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026
For weeks, little was known about why Chinese authorities were raiding prominent international consulting firms.
From New York Times ● May 9, 2023
In the 1380s, Yi Seong-gye and his fellow general Choe Yeong won fame for themselves when they defeated Japanese pirates who were raiding Korea.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
David and I managed to flee into one of the nearby yards, jumped its fence and ran all the way to school, where teachers told us to go home immediately, for police were raiding schools.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
