gone on
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“The lack of index-level volatility has gone on longer than we, and many others, would have thought,” he added later.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
It has since gone on to a market cap of nearly $5 trillion, a period mostly run by that former deputy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
According to Turkish media, the Ankara-born comedian began his career at TuzBiber in Istanbul and has gone on to perform at venues across Europe and the US.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
Neither Cooper-Lesadd nor Plaid will say how or when the talks over the defection began, only that the process had gone on for "a while" and she had been on a "journey".
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Some of the books were placed face down, open, as though Master had not yet finished reading them but had hastily gone on to another.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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