lifelong

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Wiseman says he has a lifelong love of flying, but on the ground he's afraid of heights.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

"We got each other at that point. That's where it was a lifelong friendship," he said.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

Now retired, Wang Meili wants to see the world -- including North Korea, the reclusive nation that lies across the river from her lifelong home in northeastern China.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

Her hopes are rather simple and conventional: one true lifelong love and a family.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

From this experience, Alvarez drew the lifelong lesson that “a scientist can stay active as he grows older only by staying in touch with the youngest generation.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik