Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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Vaughan Gething says that he has been knocking on doors, and that most places he has gone it is an issue that has come up.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2024
Silverman, meanwhile, has been knocking on doors and hosting meet-and-greets across the city, including on a recent Sunday east of the Anacostia, where most neighborhoods are low-income and majority-Black.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2022
She’s sworn off corporate donations and has been knocking on doors in areas across the state where Democrats haven’t had much sway, including rural, conservative-leaning counties.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 4, 2022
And “Say So” itself has been knocking around forever—it was such a TikTok sensation in late 2019 that Laura Dern was jamming to it with her daughter before Christmas.
From Slate ● Jun. 12, 2020
Max Müller, he says, in a letter, has been knocking out the bottom of all speculative theology and philosophy.
From The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice by Stephen, Leslie, Sir
