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long

Definition for long

adjective as in interminable, excessive in length

verb as in desire, crave

Strongest match

yearn

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During a fight the night before, he had said he no longer wanted to be a father.

He rushed for just 30 yards, the longest of his 15 carries going for just five yards.

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"Look, look how empty this is," he insists, pointing to a long, lonely aisle full of fresh fruits and vegetables.

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Two people were seen leaving the building where she was found, including a woman Aishat had befriended not long before her death.

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Two Mexican immigrants — who had long made their homes in Orange County and were sent to the Adelanto ICE Processing Center north of Hesperia — were among the deaths.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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