lasting

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Maguire said her brother had died before she enrolled at the university, but the loss had created a lasting impact.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

The on-again, off-again nature of negotiations about a lasting cease-fire in the Gulf has also made calculations harder.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

That still isn’t a lot to pay if you can get off the couch and build lasting change.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Petrochemical producers received a reprieve from Middle Eastern outages, but China’s excess capacity continues to limit a lasting recovery.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

As long as you never used it, I did not think that the Ring would have any lasting effect on you, not for evil, not at any rate for a very long time.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien