prolong
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Step 6: Prolong the investigation as long as you want.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2023
Prolong the life of women with triple negative breast cancer?
From Seattle Times • Mar. 1, 2011
Yes, and I fain would altogether ward Death from thy head, and with the Gods in Heaven Prolong thy life, though not by thee desired— But right bars this, not only thy desire.
From Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold by Arnold, Matthew
With sweet, join'd voices, And with eyes brimming: �48"Ah," they cry, "Destiny,� Prolong the present! 50Time, stand still here!"
From Matthew Arnold's Sohrab and Rustum and Other Poems by Arnold, Matthew
Prolong it, make it delightful; but do so under cover of intending to cut it short.
From A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) by Orr, Sutherland, Mrs.
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Christmas Carol Vocab: A Lyrical Lexicon
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