tackle
noun
equipment, apparatus, or gear, especially for fishing.
have been tackling
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present perfect progressiveof tackle.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Fires are believed to have been deliberately started on a mountain where crews have been tackling a blaze since the weekend.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Firefighters have been tackling the blaze on Conwy Mountain and the Sychnant Pass in Conwy county since Sunday morning.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 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
Residents on the Isle of Wight have been tackling floods after heavy rainfall on Saturday night.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 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 Margaret O'Bannon Womack Vandercook
