have been bleeding
- present perfect progressive of bleed.
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
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)