lifelong

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We’ve both found that learning to spend is difficult in the face of lifelong formative habits.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

The duke said: "I served there. I made lifelong friends there. And I lost friends there."

From BBC • May 15, 2026

"This is the blueprint of my life," said the actor, a lifelong aeroplane nut, who narrates the story.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

A writer, activist, organizer, prodigious intellect and a lifelong crusader for racial equality, Du Bois might have deemed his own life a failure, especially if he’d lived another 60 years.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

But they differ in another way, which makes the acquisition of writing a lifelong challenge even after the mechanics have been mastered.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker