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have been eying
  • present perfect progressive of eye.

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Enel North America’s parent company is based in Italy, and European companies have been eying the U.S. to invest in the green energy boom, weighing up the U.S.

From Seattle Times • May 22, 2023

Yaccarino seems to have been eying a next step as a CEO of a major media company for quite some time.

From Slate • May 12, 2023

“Most of the partners on all the teams have been eying Nashville as a destination,” Newgarden said.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 5, 2021

Committee appointees have been eying evidentiary gaps that include outstanding document requests from various agencies and departments, along with subpoenas that have not been complied with.

From Washington Post • Jul. 26, 2021

One among several Arab potentates who have been eying the U.S. real estate market lately, he wanted to have a Manhattan pied-a-terre.

From Time Magazine Archive