long-standing

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Financial disparities and differences in spending can strain long-standing friendships, requiring careful navigation to maintain bonds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Ashton had a long-standing creative partnership with veteran producer and actor Neil Zeiger, who persuaded Brian Cox that he should not only star in the film, but direct it.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Fawad Razaqzada, a market analyst at Forex.com, said: "The fundamental issue remains trust — or rather, the lack of it — between two long-standing adversaries who still appear some distance from common ground."

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

Most notably, the agency scrapped long-standing plans to build a space station orbiting the moon, called Gateway.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

“I’m grateful for the book, of course. I can definitely let you go free, son of Mars. But I have a long-standing problem with Hades. After all, I owe my godly powers to Demeter!”

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan