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has been eavesdropping

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

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The bartender, who has been eavesdropping while pretending to polish glassware, grabs a bottle and pours.

From Salon Sep. 20, 2020

If that’s not the voice of a wealthy layabout, it’s the voice of someone who has been eavesdropping on them for years.

From Washington Post Mar. 14, 2016

The Speaker got the joke, and as seen in the video above, the monkey has been eavesdropping and photobombing from the comfort and convenience of his home on the Speaker’s coffee table ever since.

From MSNBC Aug. 26, 2014

June 2013: We learn that the National Security Agency has been eavesdropping on us.

From Scientific American Jan. 11, 2014

Mr. Chairman, one thing is now plain: one of these men has been eavesdropping under the other one's bed, and filching family secrets.

From The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories by Twain, Mark