piggyback
adverb
on the back or shoulders.
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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The New Haven has been piggybacking since 1937, now carries more than 50,000 trailers a year and grosses $2,000,000 on the service.
From Time Magazine Archive
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