prolong
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However, the development could prolong legal proceedings and delay IHH’s mandatory takeover offer for an additional 26% of Fortis Healthcare, he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
His base case continues to be that the Fed chair’s challenges on inflation and bond yields, the upcoming midterm elections and the end of earnings season catalysts will prolong the near-term choppiness.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
El Niño is expected to prolong an existing unrelated marine heat wave that would otherwise typically start fading between October and December, scientists say.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
Scolyer and Long knew the odds of a cure were "minuscule", but hoped the experimental treatment would prolong Prof Scolyer's life.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026
There was no reason to prolong the ordeal a moment longer.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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But, for people without symptoms or high-risk conditions, the American College of Radiology says there is not enough evidence to recommend it and no documented proof that it prolongs life or is cost-effective.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026
In Jharkhand, protesters say the uncertainty only prolongs the wait.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Polling by Abacus Data shows nearly 70% of Canadians want Ottawa to hold firm in negotiations, even if it prolongs economic pain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
"That only prolongs what will eventually happen: a negotiated settlement."
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
Her lightness prolongs both our suffering but it is my safety since he has great speed that he has never yet employed.
From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway
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Treasury yields rose as new indications of economic resilience fuel forecasts for a prolonged cycle of interest rate increases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Some people make it out of a childhood of poverty, or manage to avoid disaster after a prolonged splurge or a poor investment decision, and some people don’t.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026
Delivering her findings, Dougan added this was not the first inquest where delays in ambulance response times featured and prolonged delays in handing over patients to Emergency Departments remained a problem across Northern Ireland.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Experts have described the prolonged dry period as a megadrought, and it continues to place intense pressure on the region's limited water supplies.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
He said that the quick decipherment enabled him “to avoid the systematic errors which invariably arise from prolonged reflection.”
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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Instead, he had to halt his throwing progression multiple times for flare-ups, prolonging his time on the IL.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Many operators now avoid the passage and send ships instead around South Africa's Cape of Good Hope, vastly prolonging the journey between Asia and Europe and driving up fuel costs and emissions.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
Talks to end the Iran war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz hit an impasse this week, prolonging disruptions to shipping through one of the world’s most important oil chokepoints.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
"A process involving Burnham also promises to be more protracted and 'noisy', thereby prolonging and exacerbating the uncertainty about the political situation in the UK," he said.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
Just before the voyage he told a friend, “This prolonging of a man’s life doesn’t interest me when he’s done his work and has done it pretty well.”
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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