Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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Then again, the baseball gods have been sniping Mariners one by one lately.
From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2019
An agreement reached in 2006 expired in 2015, and the two sides have been sniping at each other ever since.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 27, 2017
Judging by how the Philadelphia Flyers and the Rangers have been sniping with their divisional foe, they clearly have taken notice of the powerful Penguins.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2012
Relegated to lackluster assignments, Allen quit in ten months, and he and Kissinger have been sniping at each other ever since.
From Time Magazine Archive
Foes of the beard have been sniping at it for thousands of years, heaping it with vulgarity and ridicule.
From Time Magazine Archive
