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have been laughing

  • present perfect progressive of laugh.

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The 45-year-old appears to be annoyed, saying that people have been laughing at him because he’s sick.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 17, 2026

“Some of us have been laughing about it,” an incoming Trump administration official tells Rolling Stone.

From Salon Dec. 8, 2024

"She would have been laughing at me all the way," he said.

From BBC Apr. 23, 2024

He also complained that Opper and other prosecutors have been laughing at him under their breath since the trial began.

From Seattle Times Oct. 20, 2022

If the situation hadn’t been so dire, I’d have been laughing at the freaked-out look on his face.

From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon