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lifelong

[lahyf-lawng, -long] / ˈlaɪfˌlɔŋ, -ˌlɒŋ /


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When the United fans rounded on players then their local boy, the lifelong fan, was one of the first to get it.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

There is no doubt that only children enjoy some advantages, but as standalones we are denied one of the most powerful lifelong connections that any human being can have.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

And, truthfully, there was one experience that, for a college softball player and lifelong New York Yankees fan, exceeded the others.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

She always believed that the man, from a mining family in Germany's western Saarland region, was a lifelong member of the Social Democrats, Germany's labour party.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Barack, for his part, had spent plenty of time listening to laid-off factory workers, young military veterans trying to manage lifelong disabilities, mothers fed up with sending their kids to poorly functioning schools.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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