prolong

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Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, remains above $100 a barrel, threatening to prolong the Federal Reserve’s yearslong inflation fight.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Babies can be identified as having SMA through a heel prick test and early treatment can prolong their lives.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

There are less rules outside, fewer boundaries: coffee dates prolong, walks meander, thoughts digress.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

That would prolong any gains seen in benchmark crude prices, he told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 6, 2026

He did not inspire the South to fight on, prolong the Civil War, or win the battles the Confederate armies had lost.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson