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have been recurring
  • present perfect progressive of recur.

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Manipulating the numbers, and trading on classified or insider information, have been recurring problems on prediction markets.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

You don't just stay in the horror lane, you have been recurring on "Grey's Anatomy."

From Salon • Oct. 26, 2024

Questionable race strategy and a failure to keep pace with the development of rivals such as Mercedes and Red Bull have been recurring themes at Ferrari for a decade and more.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2022

Since then, there have been recurring protests, and the space and time between which the protests occur keep on shortening.

From Slate • Sep. 28, 2022

I believe it is the result of the conflict of years, and that he has only yielded, in this act, to convictions which have been recurring to him continually during all his brilliant university career.

From Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family by Charles, Elizabeth Rundle