spectate
verb (used without object)
to participate as a spectator, as at a horse race.
were spectating
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past progressiveof spectate.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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"This wasn't a gun battle which people were spectating at and it wasn't a gang of hooligans, or the young people of the area out rioting against the police," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2019
