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have been bleeding

  • present perfect progressive of bleed.

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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

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

With ships languishing in port and their customers unable to travel due to Covid-19 restrictions, cruise companies have been bleeding cash.

From BBC Jan. 9, 2021

Whose leeches so long have been bleeding us!

From The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 by Newell, R. H. (Robert Henry)