Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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Green Day has been drumming up attention with a string of viral moments ahead of the release of the trio’s album “Saviors,” which drops Friday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
Grace, who has been drumming for about six years, said she saw the band inviting an audience member someone on stage when they were performing at the Latitude Festival several years ago.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2022
He alleges she has been drumming up charges, and faking a coronavirus-positive result, just to collect the extra $600 a week in unemployment, back when it was still available.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 17, 2020
So far, the wind industry has been drumming up support in the Carolinas by arguing that building wind farms will create jobs.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 18, 2015
Then suddenly the thought of making a smoke came to me and then I improved on that idea and used the Morse code that Rob has been drumming into me.
From The Boy Scouts of the Eagle Patrol by John Henry Goldfrap
