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have been tacking
  • present perfect progressive of tack.

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Now the hundreds of U.S. hotels that have been tacking “resort fees” onto their daily rates will be required to include them in the advertised rates that California consumers see.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2024

Chicago attorney Robert McKenzie, a partner at Arnstein & Lehr, said many judges have been tacking on prison sentences in addition to stiff fines.

From Chicago Tribune • Sep. 19, 2013

We have been tacking about and making our way slowly towards Havana, in a zigzag line.

From Life in Mexico by Calderón de la Barca, Madame (Frances Erskine Inglis)