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has been roaring
  • present perfect progressive of roar (3rd person singular).

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The equivalent of a Category 5 hurricane, Ragasa is the world's strongest storm this year and has been roaring over the South China Sea for days.

From BBC • Sep. 24, 2025

On a more promising note, the economy has been roaring with job creation and higher wages for those at the lower end of the income distribution.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2024

And the U.S. economy has been roaring back, with growth this year forecast to be the fastest in almost seven decades.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 7, 2021

While the stock market has been roaring, Kimberly Clark’s shares have barely budged, climbing less than 1 percent over the past year.

From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2018

"Listening!" snorted the old man, contemptuously, with a nice mixture of metaphors; "why, this young calf here has been roaring out his love like the bulls of Bashan."

From Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 by Brady, Cyrus Townsend