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have been bleeding
  • present perfect progressive of bleed.

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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

Cameron might have been bleeding but refused to take a backwards step and began the fifth round strongly.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2023

His slimmer, healthier look is a huge departure from his appearance in a mugshot taken on Jan. 30, in which his nose appeared to have been bleeding.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2019

The pinstripes have been bleeding money of late at Yankee Stadium.

From Washington Times • Jun. 8, 2017

He entered Drysdale's room in an excited manner, and said: "Why, Drysdale, you must have been bleeding at the office, for there is blood on your chairs, desk, and on these papers; look there!"

From The Somnambulist and the Detective The Murderer and the Fortune Teller by Pinkerton, Allan