have been tackling
- present perfect progressive of tackle.
Example Sentences
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In south Wales, firefighters have been tackling a wildfire at Blaenavon in Torfaen county for the third day, with smoke affecting communities across a wider part of the region.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Karahan, who had been the bank’s deputy governor, was part of a new team led by Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek that have been tackling the country’s economic woes through higher borrowing costs.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2024
Firefighters have been tackling a large blaze on an industrial estate.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2023
Elsewhere in Europe, firefighters have been tackling devastating blazes in Greece, Italy and Portugal, driven by searing temperatures and dry and windy conditions that scientists have linked to climate change.
From Reuters ● Aug. 25, 2023
One job we have been tackling recently is to clear away the underbrush from a good many thousands of acres of desert which have remained undisturbed from the year one until now.
From The Camp Fire Girls Behind the Lines by Vandercook, Margaret O'Bannon Womack
