bleed
verb (used without object)
to lose blood from the vascular system, either internally into the body or externally through a natural orifice or break in the skin.
have been bleeding
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present perfect progressiveof bleed.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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The new, slimmed-down Comcast will also house the company’s cable operations, which have been bleeding subscribers for years as consumers migrate to digital streaming services.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
Both OpenAI and Anthropic have been bleeding money, losing billions of dollars annually as they race for the upper hand in the fast-growing artificial-intelligence field.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 29, 2026
Tech giants Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Google’s YouTube TV have gobbled up a huge part of the television distribution business, and both Dish and DirecTV have been bleeding customers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2024
The politburo gave a nod to industries that have been bleeding jobs in recent years and are particularly attractive to university graduates, from artificial intelligence to the platform economy and advanced manufacturing.
From Reuters ● Jul. 26, 2023
Whose leeches so long have been bleeding us!
From The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 by R. H. (Robert Henry) Newell
