have been contending
- present perfect progressive of contend.
Example Sentences
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The white-robed pilgrims have been contending with searing desert heat as they perform the days-long, mostly outdoor rituals, with temperatures reaching 44C in Mecca and Mina on Wednesday.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
Borrowers have been contending with major changes to the program in recent years, and scammers are capitalizing on their confusion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
In the case of weight-loss drugs in particular, drugmakers have been contending with an off-label industry in the US that popped up legally in response to shortages and has been tough to stamp out.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026
La Sombrita, however, had the misfortune of landing at a moment of peak frustration among L.A.’s bus riders, who have been contending with years — yeeeaaars — of broken promises on questions of shelter.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2023
"Assuredly, rather than be accessory to the burning of Plato and Aristotle, and give place to the darkness against which I have been contending all my life."
From The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales by Garnett, Richard
