protract

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“The problem is that investors are increasingly pricing in a more protracted conflict that causes extensive economic damage,” Jim Reid, global head of macro research and thematic strategy at Deutsche Bank, wrote in a note.

From MarketWatch

“From a market perspective, the problem is that investors are increasingly pricing in a more protracted conflict that causes extensive economic damage,” Deutsche Bank analysts said in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Given the failed attempt to sell, and then pull, Novo’s oral Wegovy, we thought that we were in for a protracted legal process that could include a full trial,” Cherny added.

From Barron's

Iran’s Defense Ministry said that its strategic stockpile of munitions was sufficient to sustain a protracted campaign.

From Los Angeles Times

“It’s more complicated ethnically, civically and historically,” so a protracted war there “is not going to be like Iraq — it’s going to be 10 times worse,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times