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prolong

verb as in extend, draw out

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Some people in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are entitled to the payout after a prolonged period of below-zero temperatures.

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Feeling a similar pain as Louis while watching, I couldn't imagine why a person so emotionally wounded as to wish for death would accept the offer of immortality, essentially prolonging that sadness endlessly.

From Salon

Patients in health care settings have the highest risk for infection, especially those who are on ventilators, have devices such as catheters, are in intensive care units, or have prolonged hospital stays.

Many people living with terminal illnesses have said the bill offers them hope that they may not have to experience a painful or prolonged death.

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She said both father and daughter were vulnerable and the harassment had been prolonged.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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