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has been shooting

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

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Like most studios, Paramount has been shooting many of its big budget movies and television series elsewhere in search of cost savings.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 28, 2025

Chad Abel has been shooting since he was 6 years old.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 7, 2023

The misconduct proved so pervasive that the agency has been "shooting fish in a barrel," one said.

From Reuters Sep. 25, 2023

The March employment report offered a picture of a labor market that is gently decelerating, a sign of the kind of soft economic landing that the Fed has been shooting for.

From New York Times Apr. 7, 2023

The King has been shooting most of the time for three months.

From The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I by Hendrick, Burton Jesse