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has been spurring

  • present perfect progressive
    of spur (3rd person singular).
    spur
    noun
    a U -shaped device that slips over and straps to the heel of a riding boot and has a blunt or pointed metal part projecting from the back: used by a mounted rider to urge a horse forward by pressing the projection against the horse’s flank.

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He has long been outspoken against the conservatorship and has been spurring #FreeBritney believers to “raise hell.”

From Slate ● Apr. 24, 2019

"No man ever earned his spurs better than the man who has been spurring railways into increased activity for so many years," said Mr. Punch, with a beautiful bow.

From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various