stop
verb (used with object)
to cease from, leave off, or discontinue.
has been stopping
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present perfect progressiveof stop (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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An American Airlines flight from Delhi to New York has been stopping in Bangor, Maine, to refuel because its new route, skirting to the south of Russia, is longer.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 27, 2022
She said she has been stopping by a private post office box she keeps on Bourbon Street a few blocks past the normally surging tourist stretch and finds some human interaction from time to time.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 25, 2020
There’s an elderly gentleman named George who has been stopping by the funeral home on occasion to talk about anything from the weather to the most recent details of his grief work.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2017
He has been stopping in for years at Hunt ’n Gear, along the Milton Avenue commercial strip that runs north from downtown.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 12, 2015
He has been stopping by briefly every day since the SIM raid.
From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez
