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has been screwing
  • present perfect progressive of screw (3rd person singular).

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Over the past few years, Apple has been screwing around with the connectivity on some of its MacBook generations.

From The Verge • Mar. 10, 2022

“Japan has been screwing up,” said Kenji Shibuya, director of the Institute for Population Health at King’s College London.

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2020

For the past few weeks, she has been screwing plywood over her display windows when she closes the store from Sunday to Tuesday.

From BusinessWeek • Nov. 26, 2014