Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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Shares of Intel, Advanced Micro Devices and other hardware stocks were storming higher on Monday in a show of intense investor appetite for the artificial-intelligence trade.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
The Buffalo Bills were storming back from down 13-0 late against the Philadelphia Eagles when they decided they would try to end the game instead of going to overtime.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025
You came back six years later when the Miami Dolphins were storming around the same Coliseum field celebrating the last unbeaten season in the NFL.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2022
On Aug. 14, as the Taliban were storming across Afghanistan, his family of nine was evacuated on a U.S. military flight.
From New York Times ● Aug. 28, 2021
Sometimes, when these grotesque personages were storming against the Republic, his eyes would smile, while his lips retained their expression of gravity.
From The Fortune of the Rougons by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly
