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have been hurrying
  • present perfect progressive of hurry.

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People have been hurrying the Clintons’ generation off the stage for a while: Time magazine declared the “Twilight of the Boomers” in a headline in 2000.

From New York Times • Nov. 6, 2016

Executives have been hurrying to use their stock options because shares have surged in recent weeks and holders want to lock in their profits.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week Francisco Padron, the director of Cuba's state-owned tobacco company, proposed a televised taste test to snuff out speculation that Cuba's cigar factories have been hurrying the curing process and producing mediocre products.

From Time Magazine Archive

Spurred by visions of a new way to capitalize on rap's mainstream acceptance, record labels have been hurrying to develop other promising female rappers.

From Time Magazine Archive

And this morning since six I have been hurrying to get off boxes and things ordered by some Americans for a ship which sails at noon.

From The Golden Silence by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)