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have been loading

  • present perfect progressive of load.

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That is why professional investors have been loading up on bonds.

From MarketWatch Oct. 16, 2025

For days, they have been loading in set pieces, hiding them in corners of the cavernous opera house so they can find them after the Met loads out.

From New York Times Jun. 13, 2022

While Swiss trading firms have been loading Russian oil, not all of their tankers have firm destinations at this point, three trading sources said.

From Reuters Mar. 25, 2022

Rather than explosives, Mr. Ahmadi seems to have been loading the car with water canisters for his family.

From Washington Post Sep. 13, 2021

All morning, as people have been loading the bus, I’ve been scrubbing the apartment clean, finding excuses to walk past the window to glimpse Antonio outside.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau