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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