protracted
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This summer, Apollo Global Management agreed to buy British budget airline easyJet after a protracted bidding war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
That bill, called the Clarity Act, collapsed this week after months of protracted negotiations when senators officially voted it down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
With the market closed until January, the club are now in the process of finalising an agreement with manager Mikel Arteta over his protracted new contract.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
“With inflation above target for a protracted period, there is a risk of broader price pressures taking hold,” Fed governor Michael Barr said last week.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
These considerations, along with the just mentioned correlation between regional population size and societal complexity, have led to a protracted chicken-or-egg debate about the causal relations between food production, population variables, and societal complexity.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing protracted
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
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