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have been evacuating

  • present perfect progressive of evacuate.

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Germany, Japan and France have been evacuating their citizens from Sudan.

From Reuters Apr. 24, 2023

Firefighters have been evacuating residents who are medically vulnerable and have no heat or damaged homes to a Red Cross shelter set up at a local high school.

From Seattle Times Mar. 2, 2023

Since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine, people across the country have been evacuating their families as best as they can.

From Fox News Mar. 2, 2022

United States forces, which have been evacuating Americans from South Sudan and have positioned aircraft and other equipment at a military base in Djibouti, on the Horn of Africa, took further precautionary steps Tuesday night.

From New York Times Dec. 25, 2013

Dozens of settlements are facing record flood waters in Hungary The authorities have been evacuating people from a village in western Hungary as a precaution against flooding along the River Danube.

From BBC Jun. 8, 2013