long-standing

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Venezuela, a long-standing ally of Cuba, was previously believed to have sent around 35,000 barrels of oil a day to the island before the US military seized former president Nicolás Maduro in a raid in the capital, Caracas, on 3 January.

From BBC

The San Francisco deal comes as the district is facing a $102-million budget deficit and is under state fiscal oversight because of a long-standing financial crisis.

From Los Angeles Times

"It's also fascinating that people had such a deep and long-standing understanding of the use of plants."

From Science Daily

"The debate between nature and nurture is a long-standing discussion in both biology and society," says co-first author Wenliang Wang, PhD, a staff scientist in Ecker's lab.

From Science Daily

He added: "The tensions that exist in our society have not abated and are both deeper and more long-standing than anything we have experienced in modern times."

From BBC