lengthen
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But with 34 candidates and a ballot paper that is nearly a metre long, it is expected to lengthen the time that takes compared to most parliamentary election counts.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
El Niño also is expected to lengthen the marine heat wave off portions of the coast, which is not yet being influenced by the climate pattern.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Meanwhile, delivery times continued to lengthen, and supply availability continued to worsen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
Eccentric exercise focuses on the phase when muscles lengthen rather than shorten.
From Science Daily ● May 1, 2026
I feel my arms stretch, my fingertips lengthen, my lungs expand.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
The transaction lengthens a list of Latin American divestments in recent years including Colombia, Argentina, Peru, Costa Rica and Guatemala.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
Each new delay in shipping the aircraft lengthens the time it will take Boeing to recoup its investments in the long-delayed 777X program.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025
They won't want to let their local rivals get to 400 though, on a pitch likely to turn as the game lengthens.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2024
If you drop your phone on a pillow, the pillow will compress beneath the phone, which lengthens the impact time.
From Slate ● Jan. 11, 2024
The silence lengthens, and I remain still as a post, too afraid to even blink.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
AI has the ability to accelerate analysis and speed up work — but paradoxically, it’s lengthened the process of finding the right person for an open role in many cases.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
As necks lengthened over evolutionary time, the nerve was stretched rather than rerouted.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
But Schulte told the BBC's World at One programme that individual governments had to make the decision to suspend the system, not airports themselves, adding that queues lengthened while such decisions were being made.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
Detention times have lengthened, and whereas before deported people might be able to return, now there is scant chance of reentering the U.S.’s hyper-militarized border.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026
My back lengthened in my chair as I pictured myself strong like miranium.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
The odds were stacked against Coleman and his players, lengthening further when Radja Nainggolan's thunderous long-range strike gave Belgium an early lead.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
That is driving up construction costs by lengthening the time it takes to complete jobs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
The average monthly new-car payment reached a record $777 in the second quarter, with record levels of buyers lengthening their loans past six and seven years, recent data from Edmunds.com shows.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
“Essentially, you’re just lengthening the ramp, which with international films really helps put these movies on the radar,” says a veteran awards consultant, who, because of potential client conflicts, asked to speak anonymously.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
He bares his lengthening canines in a grin.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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