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For more than a decade, Swearinger has been shaking people, trying to get them to notice.

From Washington Post • Nov. 2, 2018

Recently, however, in an effort to free himself from “straightforward representation,” Busse has been shaking things up.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 24, 2015

Overtaken by Apple Inc as the world's most valuable tech company last year, and stung by a stagnant stock price for the last decade, Microsoft has been shaking up its top leadership for several years.

From Reuters • Jan. 10, 2011

DSG chief executive John Browett has been shaking up its stores and improving staff training as part of his push to revive the company's fortunes since he joined it in December 2007.

From The Guardian • Mar. 19, 2010

He has been shaking off his respect for men of mere science as such, and is even more universal and impartial in his mental judgments than I have known him before.

From Notes of a Son and Brother by James, Henry