prolonged
Example Sentences
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It is possible that Tehran feels it can absorb the pain of a prolonged oil shutdown, just as it withstood the military assault and the killings of its top leaders.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Instead, a prolonged slump in the housing market is likely to be extended, given the high cost of buying a home.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
China’s government debt is forecast to reach 120.3% of GDP by 2029; a prolonged Middle East conflict could push global debt to 121%.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
It also warned the war threatened to throw the world economy "off course" and a prolonged conflict risked a global recession.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
Even Warbeak was beginning to feel the effects of prolonged low nighttime fluttering, through the woodlands, around trees, over bushes; it was not the same as a clear, clean flight through the upper atmosphere.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
Vocabulary lists containing prolonged
The Call of the Wild
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Britain's Finest Hour Speech - Winston Churchill (1940)
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