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Although he vigorously argued as a legislator that Congress couldn’t create a national bank, after losing that debate he later accepted as president that the long-continued “decision of the nation” should “over-rule individual opinions.”
From Slate • Dec. 11, 2025
Aided by a hefty grant from the tobacco industry, the A.M.A. announced that it was embarking on a five-year study of the effects of long-continued smoking.
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But the Southerners' anger is also compounded of resentment against long-continued rebuffs and slights.
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The U.S. is apt to have long-continued trouble with Argentina.
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A marriage contracted from any such motive is sure to bring unhappiness of a long-continued, wearing and often heart-breaking kind.
From The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis by Dods, Marcus