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He approves of strengthening some local restrictions but bemoans the "terrible cost" and wonders "for HOW LONG?"
From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025
NO JEFFERY, LONG: The bad news continued to mount for the Bears.
From Washington Times • Nov. 18, 2016
SO LONG: Of the four teams that dropped out of the rankings, Utah had the longest streak at 18 consecutive weeks.
From US News • Nov. 23, 2015
"LONG OVERDUE" Geithner said China, whose yuan has risen only slightly against the dollar since Beijing announced the end to its currency peg in June, needs to do more.
From Reuters • Sep. 16, 2010
In the hope that some good may be done, some little pleasure given, by this simple recital of a boy's experiences at sea, I now bid my readers, respectfully, SO LONG!
From The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life by Bullen, Frank T.