shove
verb (used with object)
to move along by force from behind; push.
have been shoving
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present perfect progressiveof shove.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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Back here on Earth, we have been shoving garbage into landfills for at least 5,000 years, so we’ve gotten to know that method very well.
From Slate ● Jul. 5, 2022
Alexander: I read James Webb, John Del Vecchio and Tim O’Brien and was motivated to join, when those books should have been shoving me away from it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2021
“We’ll never be totally sure if the purple emperor is responding to climate change, or changing woodland management practices, or whether people have been shoving them out the back of their cars.”
From The Guardian ● Oct. 13, 2020
