Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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The Minecraft Movie's director says he has been "laughing my brains out" at the trend for audience members shouting out, jumping up and down, and in some cases throwing popcorn in the air during screenings.
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2025
Turns out it’s been Jon’s story all along and George RR Martin has been laughing because nobody saw it in the title of the books.
From The Guardian ● May 18, 2019
Cruz has been laughing this all off in public.
From Slate ● Jan. 7, 2016
She has been laughing at me, I hear.”
From Thereby Hangs a Tale Volume One by George Manville Fenn
So that man went down to his house laughing, and has been laughing over it now for twenty-six years!
From The Authoritative Life of General William Booth by George S. (George Scott) Railton
