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long run

[lawng-ruhn, long-] / ˈlɔŋˈrʌn, ˈlɒŋ- /
NOUN
long period of time
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Appeared in the March 21, 2026, print edition as 'Iran Sees an Opening to Control Mideast Energy Over Long Run'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

He won the King George VI Chase twice and also the Cheltenham Gold Cup with Long Run a decade earlier in his father's brown and orange silks.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2022

He switched from a 90-square-inch to a 97-square-inch one in 2014 after resisting the move for years, Christopher Clarey details in his book “The Master: The Long Run and Beautiful Game of Roger Federer.”

From Washington Post • Aug. 28, 2021

“All gas wells vent,” said Noreen Sumara, the health, safety and environment manager at Long Run Energy, the company that owns the well.

From New York Times • Oct. 30, 2020

Four hundred acres on Long Run, a branch of Floyd's Fork, in Jefferson County, entered May 29, 1780, and surveyed May 7, 1785.

From Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01 by Nicolay, John George




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