be long

Example Sentences

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The work will be long and difficult, and require collective action and political engagement.

From Salon • May 28, 2026

The recovery from open heart surgery would be long, particularly for Schiefer, who weighed about 350 pounds, the surgeon told him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

For now, investors seem happy to embrace the uncertainty but it won’t be long before markets become desperate for clarity.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

Simultaneously this triggered a major unwind in what investors refer to as the basis trade in bitcoin/Strategy, whereby funds like Jane Street were rumored to be long the cryptocurrency but short Michael Saylor’s company.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

By the time his favorite band came back to that venue, the Cranes would probably be long gone, living in Ohio or Mississippi or wherever their parents’ whims took them next.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman