were rerunning
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past progressiveof rerun.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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“Previously we were rerunning bad dramas. NBC had been making hundreds of millions of dollars back in the days of Carson. CBS was getting zero. It’s an important part of our makeup.”
From New York Times ● May 19, 2015
The MacArthur Foundation tries a new philanthropic tactic It was as if The Millionaire were rerunning in life.
From Time Magazine Archive
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