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"You can definitely see that happening but it's a long, uphill struggle," adds Sweetman.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
If it had been spooked by light or noise, he said it wouldn’t hang out that long.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
Purchasing a Hermès handbag directly from the retailer involves developing a long and expensive relationship with a sales associate, often over several years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
But curbing Right to Buy could take a long time to bear fruit, says Prof Tunstall.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
On hearing the bad news, they sobbed for a long time.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
In the lightning-speed markets of the AI era, that gain no longer feels like a major cushion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
Warrior vehicles are no longer allowed to reverse with the rear door open and visual checks are required before any movement.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
The question will be whether the honeymoon turns into a longer romance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
After careful consideration, we have reached the difficult decision that our publishing model is no longer sustainable.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026
It was no longer a prison, but a home where people who had been warped by this philosophy of hate and force could come to learn another way.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Russia's human rights ombudsman Yana Lantratova nodded along as her counterpart from Kyiv, Dmytro Lubinets, spoke Ukrainian to brief the media about the longest truce between their warring countries.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
Of all the celebrities I’d bet on botching their Halloween getup, Martha Stewart would have been the longest shot.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026
French voters enjoy both one of the world’s longest life expectancies and some of its earliest statutory retirement ages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
Overall, this series may not have had the controversy of the Sandpaper series of 2018 but has been one of the best in recent memory in the longest format.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
That was the longest night of my life.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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