lengthy
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Industry executives and experts say residents’ fears are well-founded: Reviving Venezuela’s oil sector will be a lengthy undertaking costing hundreds of billions of dollars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
One screenshot appeared to show a lengthy message from LaPaglia reflecting on her feelings about their 2024 split.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
Retired Eagles center Jason Kelce, who played 11 seasons with Johnson, wrote a lengthy tribute to his former teammate on X.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
But the lengthy deployment took a toll on US military personnel on the Lincoln and accompanying warships.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
The nineteenth-century prescriptivist Richard White had no luck banning standpoint and washtub, nor did his contemporary William Cullen Bryant succeed in outlawing commence, compete, lengthy, and leniency.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
After pursuing the lengthier sentence against Beaird and defending it on appeal, the federal government now argues that his sentence should be vacated so that he can pursue a more lenient term.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026
That backdoor, however, is far lengthier and more expensive than the Yanbu-Red Sea route.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
And although the recent dry spells are worthy of note, there have been some even lengthier drier spells of weather this year for certain parts of the country.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026
Demand also was strong for lengthier maturities, with a new 30-year bond seeing strong demand External link at Thursday’s auction.
From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026
Many judges, prosecutors, and defense lawyers do a poor job of recognizing the special needs of the mentally disabled, which leads to wrongful convictions, lengthier prison terms, and high rates of recidivism.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
After the onset of the pandemic, Corning endured six consecutive quarters of shrinking revenue, its lengthiest drop since the 2001 telecom crash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026
Liu’s case appears to be one of the lengthiest deputy shooting investigations in recent sheriff’s department history, according to county records.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 17, 2023
Seattle had its lengthiest injury report of the season Thursday with 11 players not participating and three others limited.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2023
The extreme heat warning has been in place for a large part of England and Wales for four days - making it the lengthiest alert since the system was introduced last year.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2022
But the lengthiest story in the book, “The Farmer and the Hunt,” was unfamiliar to her, and she stared often and long at the illustration that accompanied it.
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
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