prolonged

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However, it said that a prolonged conflict would pose more severe challenges.

From The Wall Street Journal

“That raises the risk of a prolonged standoff, which in turn keeps upside risks for oil prices and safe-haven flows firmly in play.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Goldman Sachs raised its oil price forecast for this year due to a prolonged disruption of energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz and what it defined as the “largest oil supply shock ever.”

From The Wall Street Journal

"The operation against the Hezbollah terrorist organisation has only begun... This is a prolonged operation," Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir said in a statement.

From Barron's

He said President Anura Kumara Dissanayake told them last week that the country must prepare for a prolonged conflict in the Middle East that could affect the island’s energy supplies.

From Barron's