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have been counting
  • present perfect progressive of count.

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BBC Russian, independent media group Mediazona and volunteers have been counting deaths since February 2022.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2024

Niles and volunteers he organizes have been counting the horseshoe crab eggs since the 1980s and tagging birds since the 1990s.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 30, 2023

But HBO Max subscribers may have been counting on discovering these, along with newer shows and past examples of a favorite creator's or performer's work, without paying an extra fee.

From Salon • Aug. 7, 2022

Aerospace companies worldwide have been counting the cost of supply-chain shortages.

From Reuters • May 23, 2022

There was no telling what she might have been counting.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix