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has been sifting
  • present perfect progressive of sift (3rd person singular).

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Her daughter, Michelle, has been sifting through the rubble and said the search and rescue mission might still turn up more survivors.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2025

Rosario Medina says that to find food for her grandchildren she has been sifting through dumpsters.

From BBC • May 11, 2023

Cummins has been sifting through the debris at the home, keeping anything he finds intact — a doorknob, a key.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 17, 2021

Linares has been sifting through social media accounts looking for mentions of her son, who works in information technology at a hospital.

From Washington Post • Aug. 8, 2021

It is simply a homely attempt to let out a little of what has been sifting in these years past of this wondrous miniature Bible from John's pen.

From Quiet Talks on John's Gospel by Gordon, S. D. (Samuel Dickey)