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have been decaying

  • present perfect progressive of decay.

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Ms Moran's relatives say the bodies have been decaying for days.

From BBC Dec. 18, 2023

Places like Youngstown, Ohio, and Pittsburgh have been decaying for decades.

From Washington Post Apr. 18, 2017

During Saul's reign they "inquired not at it," and, indeed, the whole worship of Jehovah seems to have been decaying.

From The Life of David As Reflected in His Psalms by Maclaren, Alexander

I am the Giant which St. George destroy'd; and in the Earth have been decaying ever since, but now am come to Eat with you.

From The Life and Death of Doctor Faustus Made into a Farce by Mountfort, William