prolong
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It likely will prolong the conflict, now entering its seventh week, and the economic and market damage it has wrought well into the summer months.
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
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
For one thing, he was not anxious to prolong his own torture, by keeping the Queen under his roof, whom he loved and could not have.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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