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Higher interest rates threaten to prolong private equity’s record $349 billion backlog of “zombie funds,” making exits harder, squeezing fee income and potentially forcing some firms to shrink.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

His base case continues to be that the Fed chair’s challenges on inflation and bond yields, the upcoming midterm elections and the end of earnings season catalysts will prolong the near-term choppiness.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026

A permanent position would reassure markets of policy continuity, while a temporary role could prolong uncertainty and leave the burden of maintaining stability to her eventual successor, they said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

This year’s El Niño is also expected to prolong an already existing marine heat wave — currently in effect for reasons unrelated to El Niño — off the Southern California coast.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

I sampled the cake to prolong the silence.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

"That only prolongs what will eventually happen: a negotiated settlement."

From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026

“To deny that only prolongs the situation and puts off any way of reckoning with it. We have to face it in order to understand that it’s within our human nature.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026

"These important findings identify a treatment that prolongs survival in men with aggressive prostate cancer," said Hyung Kim, MD, a urologic oncologist and chair of the Department of Urology at Cedars-Sinai.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2025

It’s not the phone itself causing problems, of course, but the fact that it often prolongs a visit to the toilet.

From Slate ● Sep. 12, 2025

They caution us that while waiting for sponsors many refugees get married and have children, and each time that happens new paperwork must be drawn up, which prolongs their stay.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

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

The Marin County Sheriff’s Office coroner’s division identified him as Daniel Zhengyu Qin, 35, of San Jose, adding that he died “despite prolonged resuscitative efforts.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

You can either self-insure and set aside enough money for a prolonged period of care, buy traditional long-term-care insurance, or decide upon some kind of combination.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

In early September 2026, Anak Krakatau entered a prolonged explosive phase that lasted for more than 24 hours, sending large amounts of gas and ash into the sky.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

“You may live through ten days, but when you return, you will only have been gone for seven up here. As such, you must make your preparations. Humans need sustenance for such a prolonged journey.”

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

On Thursday, the World Meteorological Society issued a new El Niño forecast warning that there is a nearly 100% chance it will continue through February, prolonging its effects.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

Many operators now avoid the passage and send ships instead around South Africa's Cape of Good Hope, vastly prolonging the journey between Asia and Europe and driving up fuel costs and emissions.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

He wants “to build a new healthcare system from the ground up, solely optimizing for prevention of disease and prolonging healthy life using every tool, technology, piece of scientific and medical information available to us.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

Cloudflare said it chose to lay off so many people at once to avoid “dragging” its reorganization across multiple quarters, which would slow it down while prolonging uncertainty for workers.

From MarketWatch ● May 7, 2026

The executive wondered if they were enjoying prolonging this encounter.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman