has been oiling

• present perfect progressive

  present perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.

  of oil (3rd person singular).
  oil

  noun

  any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.

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has been oiling

For the past 40 years, Donnie Myers has been oiling the wheels of that machine in his corner of the American South, achieving capital convictions on a scale almost unparalleled in the modern era.

From The Guardian ● May 5, 2017

The British Fleet has been oiling at Haifa.

From Time Magazine Archive

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