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have been skating
  • present perfect progressive of skate.

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Both are 15 and have been skating together since they were 4.

From Washington Post • Sep. 10, 2022

This is the Seattle Derby Brats’ all-star travel team, a group of teens who have been skating for years.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 16, 2022

Most NHL players have not been on the ice since the league halted its schedule, although some, including a number of Swedish players who returned home, have been skating in recent weeks.

From Washington Times • May 25, 2020

They have been skating together for almost a decade but missed the 2014 Olympics after sitting out much of the previous season because of an injury to Sui.

From Washington Post • Apr. 1, 2016

I had heard both my neighbours retire to bed by ten p.m., as so many do who have been skating and tobogganing all day long.

From Seen and Unseen by Bates, E. Katharine