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have been eyeing

  • present perfect progressive
    of eye.
    eye
    noun
    the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.

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Both have been eyeing going public this year and, in doing so, are fighting each other for users, talent and investor dollars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 7, 2026

Media companies have been eyeing up deals this year in a bid to beef up their streaming portfolios as legacy TV viewership plummets.

From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2025

Investors have been eyeing Budapest's talks with Brussels over the EU funds very closely.

From Reuters ● Nov. 10, 2023

If he wasn’t already in Key West, his cherished offseason tradition, he would have been eyeing the dates.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2023

Well, I am quite of your opinion, for a couple of gentlemen with pale faces have been eyeing us most attentively ever since we have been here, and I confess their appearance is not prepossessing. 

From The Night Side of London by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie