trek
verb (used without object)
to travel or migrate slowly or with difficulty, often through rough or unsettled territory.
has been trekking
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present perfect progressiveof trek (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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In terms of both their stock and financial performance, the two companies have diverged sharply: Walmart has been trekking consistently upward, while Target is coming off a multiyear losing streak.
From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2025
Burch, a resident of Weatherford, Texas, just west of Fort Worth and Dallas, has been trekking her mares to Fort Collins for CSU’s expertise for the better part of two decades.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 30, 2016
For the past year, Leinert has been trekking through Sapo National Park, Liberia's first and only protected reserve, to study its chimpanzee population.
From Nature ● Aug. 17, 2011
For years, Italian Anthropologist Fabrizio Mori has been trekking into the Libyan Desert to look for graffiti, ancient inscriptions on rocks.
From Time Magazine Archive
