Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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He has whistled in the Oval Office and trilled for the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the chief executive of General Motors and members of Congress.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2017
I don't intend to try, but it'll stay locked until the last train tonight has whistled for the crossing back there.
From Left Guard Gilbert by Edward C. Caswell
The engineer has seen the lower pyramid of rocks on the track and has whistled "down brakes."
From The Transgressors Story of a Great Sin by Francis A. Adams
One who has whistled at the Plough.—The three grains of pyrogallic acid to one drachm of acetic and one ounce of water.
From Notes and Queries, Number 232, April 8, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Various
He has whistled just like that ever since he was a tiny boy whenever he was fussed or worried or in mischief.
From The Girl Scouts at Home, or, Rosanna's Beautiful Day by Katherine Keene Galt
