spot
noun
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
were spotting
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past progressiveof spot.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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The Lakers were spotting teams 74 points in the opening quarters over the course of the young season and the uphill climbs were getting too steep.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2023
Small fires were spotting some 3 miles to the east as the size of the fire surpassed 700 acres and claimed multiple structures and cell towers.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 19, 2023
In Durban, the main city of KwaZulu-Natal, the authorities are also investigating a chemical spill possibly linked to a warehouse fire after dead fish were spotting washing ashore.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2021
And in this rebellion, you had Black men who had been on a road labor gang, who were spotting, surveilling the rotating of the guards, how deep and where the arms were.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2021
There was a lot of Cong activity and the special forces guys in Cambodia were spotting convoys.
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
