Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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For more than a decade, the Trump family has summered at the club.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2017
The Trump family has summered at the club for years.
From Washington Post ● May 5, 2017
Born and raised in western Massachusetts, where he developed a lasting affection for the outdoors, Mr. Wegman first visited Maine as a teenager and has summered there for more than 30 years.
From New York Times ● Aug. 16, 2012
Tony Loura, who has summered in Roy Carpenter’s Beach for 15 years, is philosophical about his predicament.
From Washington Post
“At least one new family has built a hedge to avoid people seeing them as they pass by,” said Wade Green, seventy- two, who has summered here for years.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
