The phrase 'has been leaping' is correct and can be used in written English.
It is used to express an ongoing action or situation which started in the past and continues until the present. For example: "The children have been leaping joyfully around the garden since early morning."
Instead, it "has been leaping to the most extreme response, felony charges," he said.
This man, Paul Fray, has been leaping from branch to branch on his family tree.
The former Blur frontman has been leaping in the air with joy – and relief – at their reaction.
"It is a very clear campaign by that newspaper and it has been leaping on anything that could be used to try to attract negative public attention.
At the end of "Arden Court" (1981), James Samson — who, like other men, has been leaping high — is the last to leave the stage.
The trouble has been that everyone else has been leaping into the fray, with foreign leaders and a few Americans lining up to criticise military action.This week, goaded by thus losing control of the debate, the president finally joined it.
This quote has been leapt upon in recent years by a reinvigorated and youthful left.
The video - trending on social media - has been leaped on by Republicans, who have accused Planned Parenthood of profiting from the sale of foetal tissue.
This sentence, in particular, has been leapt upon by sceptics as evidence of manipulating data, but the credibility of the email has not been verified.
This research has been leapt upon by a growing body of campaigners who question the premise that testosterone is a significant factor in any discussions about differences between the sexes' athletic performances.
This slowdown, or hiatus as the IPCC refers to it, has been leapt upon by climate sceptics to argue that the scientific belief that emitting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere increases the temperature of the planet, is wrong.
