prolonging
Example Sentences
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Instead, he had to halt his throwing progression multiple times for flare-ups, prolonging his time on the IL.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Many operators now avoid the passage and send ships instead around South Africa's Cape of Good Hope, vastly prolonging the journey between Asia and Europe and driving up fuel costs and emissions.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
He wants “to build a new healthcare system from the ground up, solely optimizing for prevention of disease and prolonging healthy life using every tool, technology, piece of scientific and medical information available to us.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
"A process involving Burnham also promises to be more protracted and 'noisy', thereby prolonging and exacerbating the uncertainty about the political situation in the UK," he said.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
He was charged with prolonging the war by his activity as a Volkssturm organizer.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
