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has been probing

  • present perfect progressive of probe (3rd person singular).

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Richard Wagner’s “The Ring of the Nibelung” has been probing the morality of power and possession for a century and a half.

From Los Angeles Times May 28, 2026

Since the bankruptcy filing, new management has been probing the company’s accounting practices and asset transfers.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 12, 2025

The effort has been probing cognitive and physical aspects of aging in about 50,000 dogs and is running a clinical trial to test a drug that may boost the animals’ longevity.

From Science Magazine Jan. 7, 2024

"My research group has been probing the molecular mechanisms that underpin rice's capacity to accumulate high Si for a while now," says Dr. Ma.

From Science Daily Nov. 8, 2023

Facebook “identified approximately 10,000 applications that may also have misappropriated and/or misused consumers’ personal data,” according to court documents also unveiled Friday from Massachusetts’ attorney general, which has been probing Facebook’s data-collection practices for months.

From Washington Post Sep. 20, 2019