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have been scrabbling

  • present perfect progressive
    of scrabble.
    scrabble
    verb (used with object)
    to scratch or scrape, as with the claws or hands.

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Ministers have been scrabbling about looking for money within existing budgets.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2023

And they have been scrabbling about ever since to find a face-saving way of undoing the damage.

From Forbes ● Jun. 30, 2015