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[lawng, long] / lɔŋ, lɒŋ /




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Back in New York City, an upmarket candy store company called BonBon now has five shops across Manhattan and Brooklyn, and another in the Hamptons on Long Island that opened last summer.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

“Inflation is so high that it’s erasing all wage gains,” Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union, wrote on X. “This isn’t just ‘bad vibes’ about the economy.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Before that, as a kid, she was a softball infielder in Long Island and then at the University of Chicago.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Long before computers, Gaudí used complex geometry and physical models to design leaning, treelike columns that branch out to support the vaulted ceiling and towers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Sean’s brother Long Liam was lugging rocks around the side of the house.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff




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