grab
verb (used with object)
has been grabbing
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present perfect progressiveof grab (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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My family has been grabbing tacos from this truck on and off for the past decade, mostly because it’s so close to the lake, in the Shell gas station parking lot on Aurora.
From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2024
Rival Kick has been grabbing headlines after it poached Amouranth and xQc - two of the biggest names on the Amazon-owned platform.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2023
In the endless struggle to rein in high drug prices, one glaring failure has been grabbing the headlines: the exorbitant cost of drugs that need to be administered by physicians.
From New York Times ● Aug. 20, 2021
My whole career has been grabbing bits of folklore and repurposing them, and testing out different meters and repurposing them.
From Slate ● Nov. 16, 2020
The Senate race in Texas has been grabbing headlines for weeks as Democratic Congressman Beto O’Rourke mounted a surprisingly strong campaign in a state that hasn’t elected a Democrat to a statewide office since 1994.
From Fox News ● Sep. 28, 2018
