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have been supporting
  • present perfect progressive of support.

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“Both domestic and foreign institutional buying amid continued earnings upgrades” have been supporting Taiwan stocks, Goldman Sachs analysts said in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

“The main risk is that consumers, who have been supporting the economy despite all other shocks over the past year, will finally be strangled,” said University of Michigan economist Daniil Manaenkov.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

Podcasts have been supporting elements in horror for a minute, popping up in films like “Tusk” and 2018’s “Halloween” reboot, but they’ve yet to function as a true main character.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026

Essex Police and the Foreign Office have been supporting the relatives since Mr Nunan, who grew up in Reading, Berkshire, disappeared.

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2025

It is hard to believe that they have been supporting the monotony of trench life for so long, and living under bombardment,—and cavalry at that, trained and hoping for another kind of warfare.

From On the Edge of the War Zone From the Battle of the Marne to the Entrance of the Stars and Stripes by Aldrich, Mildred