Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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But here’s the issue: My mother-in-law has been harping on it a lot.
From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2020
Shot selection has been something Beilein, the former Michigan coach, has been harping on and his team seems to be listening.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 26, 2019
The league, he said, has been harping on the freedom of player movement.
From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2018
Thibodeau has been harping on the Bulls' fourth-quarter failures since preseason, and his team offered another doozy of an example Monday night at the United Center.
From Chicago Tribune ● Nov. 27, 2012
These words are a fragment of one of the speeches of Job's friends, in which the speaker has been harping on the old theme that affliction is the consequence and evidence of sin.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes by Alexander Maclaren
