going for

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Now, new owner Nippon Steel 5401 -1.50%decrease; red down pointing triangle is preparing to start a project that will likely keep that mill going for decades longer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

I’ll spare you, but I could keep going for hours.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

"Short-term relief alone cannot meet the scale or persistence of this crisis, which has now been going for nearly five years," he added.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

"They've been going for so long that they are someone that they feel connected to, it's a friendship group," she says.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

But Maria grew frustrated because the soldiers who fought alongside her were miserable about the way the war was going for the Russian army.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein