Sentence examples for had been clashing from inspiring English sources

Al-Shabab Islamist rebels and government forces had been clashing in the area recently.

Mr. Tore said Turkish troops and Kurdish rebels had been clashing in the area for about two weeks.

It had been clashing with Mr Sharif ever since the pull-out from Kashmir, so much so that a month ago the United States publicly warned it not to stage a coup.

Though his contract was up, he also had been clashing with Rodale's owners, who found that his talent for being in the spotlight tended to detract from their brand, according to people in the publishing industry.

Yet even as he remained enormously popular with the electorate for much of his first two years in office, Mr. Rudd — whose leadership style was often described as autocratic and shaped by an unbending confidence in his own intellect — had been clashing with his caucus for years.

In Varna, where demonstrators had been clashing with police all week, some pretty girls gave the police some flowers, which, bizarrely, totally worked.

Personalities have been clashing for a while.

It has been clashing with other rebel groups in parts of Idleb.

Across northern Mexico, rival drug gangs have been clashing fiercely among themselves and with the authorities.

The marchers have been clashing with counter-demonstrators in Dresden for years.

The firm has been clashing with Fiji's military regime, which took power in a 2006 coup.