rush
verb (used without object)
to move, act, or progress with speed, impetuosity, or violence.
have been rushing
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present perfect progressiveof rush.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Their valuations took hits because Anthropic and OpenAI improved their cutting-edge artificial intelligence tools, and customers have been rushing to adopt them.
From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026
There is little indication that Beijing or Moscow have been rushing military hardware to Iran ahead of a possible U.S. attack, analysts said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026
He said, however, that the current was not reported to have been rushing downstream.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2025
U.S. analysts have been rushing to catalog more potential Houthi targets every day, the officials said.
From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2024
The boys have been rushing me the last week or two.
From The Girl from Keller's by Harold Bindloss
