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have been denying
  • present perfect progressive of deny.

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Regional cherry farmers say packing companies have been denying fruit they usually accept because of California’s large yield.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 21, 2023

“We have been denying these allegations from the beginning,” Hardin said on 92.3 The Fan in Cleveland.

From Washington Times • May 24, 2022

What I have been denying for years, aided by FaceTime and frequent flights to all parts of the United States, is now staring me in the face: I am too far away.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 24, 2020

Getting back to the US-China trade deal.... and Chinese officials have been denying that the agreement is a damp squib.

From The Guardian • Jan. 16, 2020

I cannot deny that there has always existed, as if in that very soul which I have been denying, a vague half-sentiment of its own existence.

From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 by Poe, Edgar Allan