dive
verb (used without object)
to plunge into water, especially headfirst.
has been diving
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present perfect progressiveof dive (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Thirty-year-old James Cameron has been diving for scallops for five years.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2023
He has been diving on the reef for more than 30 years and has been working in tourism for more than 20.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 6, 2016
Johnathan, who has been diving here for nearly 10 years, reported that their once abundant numbers have been decimated by aggressive overfishing.
From New York Times ● Feb. 18, 2016
Foord has been diving in Biscayne sewage for the past eight years, documenting coral’s adaptive properties in Miami’s polluted urban watereways.
From Slate ● Nov. 10, 2015
Colonel Abd-el-Kader, who is my only reliable Egyptian officer, has been diving all day like a wild duck, and bringing up heavy boxes of rivets which few men but himself can lift.
From Ismailia by Sir Samuel White Baker
