have been summering

• present perfect progressive

  present perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.

  of summer.
  summer

  noun

  the season between spring and autumn, in the Northern Hemisphere from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox, and in the Southern Hemisphere from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox.

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have been summering

Eve Rappaport, 71, and Geetie Strumwasser, 65, who are sisters, have been summering in Atlantic City since they were in diapers.

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