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have been hunting
  • present perfect progressive of hunt.

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In a market where consumers have been hunting for value, Chipotle has faced sales pressure.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 2, 2025

Fund managers such as Blue Owl amassed trillions of dollars of investing firepower and have been hunting for big deals where they can put that money to work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

After all, humans have been hunting deer more than mice.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 27, 2024

As long as humans have been hunting and gathering, playing and fighting, we’ve been bonking our heads.

From Slate • Mar. 17, 2024

Our chemists, some of them, have been hunting down the one element among the rest.

From The Will to Doubt An essay in philosophy for the general thinker by Lloyd, Alfred H.