protracted

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Its protracted slump has only been compounded by recent risk-off sentiment amid the war in Iran, causing investors to flee speculative biotech stocks.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

A protracted Iran conflict and continued high oil prices could mean the sun setting soon on gold’s rally, according to a strategist at UBS.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

Two of those three years are essentially in the past because of the protracted negotiations.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

That could change if the disruption to oil supplies begins to look more protracted, private credit problems spread, or other problems emerge.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

It was broken only by the sound of Franny blowing her nose—an abandoned, protracted, “congested” blow, suggestive of a patient with a four-day-old head cold.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger