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has been butchering

  • present perfect progressive of butcher (3rd person singular).

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Finally, Lestenkof, a 41-year-old Inupiaq Alaskan who has been butchering seals since the age of 4, gripped a handful of blubber and began to slice off the skin.

From Slate Sep. 18, 2022

“I’m really trying to avoid that question, because the Norwegian media has been butchering me about that,” Benjamin said.

From Washington Post Aug. 2, 2021