be long

Example Sentences

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The work will be long and difficult, and require collective action and political engagement.

From Salon • May 28, 2026

Sabbagh said he and Krisht are putting together a legal file to demand justice even though "the road will be long".

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Meanwhile, even if oil began flowing through the Strait of Hormuz tomorrow, the hit to the global economy will be long lasting, analysts and oil industry executives say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Simultaneously this triggered a major unwind in what investors refer to as the basis trade in bitcoin/Strategy, whereby funds like Jane Street were rumored to be long the cryptocurrency but short Michael Saylor’s company.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

They’d have to be rescued, by which time the two men would be long gone.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook