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have been sketching

  • present perfect progressive of sketch.

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In recent months, city officials have been sketching out a plan to begin shuttering the sites.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 11, 2021

According to dates assigned to drawings by him near the beginning of the show, he could have been sketching figures in frescoes by Giotto and Masaccio in local churches as early as 16.

From New York Times Nov. 9, 2017

Greek and Serbian sources have been sketching out the putative route into Europe of another man considered a suspect in the attacks.

From The Guardian Nov. 15, 2015

GMT06:37 Passport found near bomber travelled through Serbia, Croatia and Austria Mark Rice-Oxley Greek and Serbian sources have been sketching out the putative route into Europe of another man considered a suspect in the attacks.

From The Guardian Nov. 15, 2015

Whether exposed to extremes of heat or cold, it is dwarfed like many other trees, and becomes all knots and angles, wholly unlike the majestic forms we have been sketching.

From The Yosemite by Muir, John