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has been unfolding

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

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But something much more consequential has been unfolding.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

A similar price correction in oil has been unfolding in recent weeks on optimism around efforts to end the Iran war.

From MarketWatch Jun. 30, 2026

Their story is part of a wider crisis that has been unfolding in the Strait of Hormuz.

From BBC May 23, 2026

What has been unfolding at the Ballona Wetlands represents a new model to fix a complicated homelessness problem that’s mostly of L.A.’s own making.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 3, 2023

Such is the culminating question; Ulysses has been unfolding himself more and more throughout the present Book before the king and people.

From Homer's Odyssey A Commentary by Snider, Denton Jaques