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have been scrabbling
  • present perfect progressive of scrabble.

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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