were redoubling
- past progressive of redouble.
Example Sentences
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Amid a cold snap that has gripped the Korean Peninsula this week, the North’s state media reported on Thursday that health authorities were redoubling their efforts to prevent the spread of infectious diseases, including influenza.
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2023
He added that speech and language therapy was recognised as a shortage profession in the UK and they were redoubling their efforts to recruit new staff, including Welsh speaking therapists.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2022
While Mozeliak was conceding, his players and coaches — some of whom were also in attendance at the dinner, and a few of whom also gave speeches — were redoubling their resolve.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 17, 2011
A law graduate, O'Neill's nose for evidence was telling him Villa were becoming dis-investors just at the point where City and Spurs were redoubling their efforts to break up the cartel.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 9, 2010
Between 1815 and 1825 the North Carolina Manumission Societies were redoubling their efforts to raise funds for this purpose.
From The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861 A History of the Education of the Colored People of the United States from the Beginning of Slavery to the Civil War by Woodson, Carter Godwin