long-continued

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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

The U.S. is apt to have long-continued trouble with Argentina.

From Time Magazine Archive

But above all they were fed up with restrictions�of which the long-continued blackout was almost the symbol.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ayres believes that the long-continued advance in securities prices will be brought to an end within the next few months.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the wall was a natural basin, which to this day, except when long-continued drought has dried up all the watercourses, holds a supply of fresh water.

From The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza by Boyd, Mary Stuart