have been protesting
- present perfect progressive of protest.
Example Sentences
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Albanians have been protesting against the project for months, but it was when barbed wire appeared six weeks ago to mark out the boundaries of the complex that anger erupted.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Since early May, workers and Indigenous communities have been protesting Bolivia's worst economic crisis in decades and calling for center-right President Rodrigo Paz to resign.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
People living in those neighborhoods — like the L.A.-Long Beach ports, the chief source of the region’s pollution — have been protesting their polluting neighbors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
Demonstrators by the thousands have been protesting the Department of Homeland Security’s tactics in Minnesota this month after federal agents fatally shot two people in separate incidents during immigration-enforcement operations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2026
They have been protesting against the established order in American business and politics.
From The Promise of American Life by Croly, Herbert David
