have been combing
- present perfect progressive of comb.
Example Sentences
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Investors have been combing Huang’s comments for signs of movement in Nvidia’s effort to sell chips in China, Rhind said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
Officials have been combing through social media posts and open letters, some going back over a decade.
From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2023
Emad al-Falah, an aid worker from Benghazi who arrived in the city on Wednesday, said search and rescue teams have been combing apartment buildings for bodies and retrieving corpses turned back by the sea.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2023
Crash investigators have been combing through the wreckage of a private jet that is thought to have been carrying the leader of the Russian mercenary Wagner group, Yevgeny Prigozhin.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2023
The police have been combing the underworld for him; I don't think he comes from there.
From The Bat by Hopwood, Avery
