prolonged
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Experts have described the prolonged dry period as a megadrought, and it continues to place intense pressure on the region's limited water supplies.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
"The evidence before me demonstrated the significant effect which prolonged hospital handover delays can have upon the availability of ambulance resources to respond to patient in the community," Dougan said.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Some in Washington see Machado’s prolonged absence as a plus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
My children’s faces, whenever they asked if the sailors were OK, made me wonder how reassured those stories really made them feel during prolonged separations.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
I remember the close of each of those weekend nights as a prolonged farewell.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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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