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have been ducking
  • present perfect progressive of duck.

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The ghosts in the cornfields must have been ducking for cover.

From New York Times • Aug. 13, 2021

In San Diego, Central American families who have traveled north as part of the most recent caravan have been ducking through known gaps in a fence at Tijuana.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2019

In San Diego, Central American families who traveled north as part of the most recent caravan have been ducking through known gaps in a fence at Tijuana.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2019