Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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“This entire country has been bullying me just because I’m a proud, gay thief,” Yang’s Santos said during the sketch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2023
Limbaugh, of course, has been bullying people verbally for years.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 6, 2012
Open your copies of The Old School Tie and begin studying a system of education that has been bullying and beloved, tyrannical and anarchic, rigorous and howlingly inept.
From Time Magazine Archive
“If Edie has been bullying you, this doesn’t excuse it, but it might help explain it. It might help you see that it’s got nothing to do with you.”
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
"Because he has been bullying my nice boy, Radowitz!" said Mrs. Mulholland vehemently.
From Lady Connie by Mrs. Humphry Ward
