prolonged
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Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant said he was "concerned at the prolonged standoff" which he said was "ultimately in nobody's interests".
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Still, a prolonged energy shock could prompt businesses to curb hiring and investment, eventually weakening workers’ bargaining power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
The findings could also help coastal communities and resource managers better understand how prolonged warming affects marine environments.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
Researchers throughout the United States widely regard the Nova system when studying the correlation between the prolonged consumption of ultraprocessed foods and resulting health implications because the U.S. doesn’t have a definition of its own.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
The guitar came free of the stone with a prolonged metallic shhingggg!
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
Vocabulary lists containing prolonged
The Call of the Wild
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Britain's Finest Hour Speech - Winston Churchill (1940)
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