protracted
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"Physiological recovery from oxygen debt is more protracted, complex, and occurs over much longer timescales than previously understood, with the elevated heart rate on land likely helping to support a delayed recovery," concluded Walker.
From Science Daily • May 9, 2026
The already acrimonious relationship continued to sour amid a protracted and bitter legal battle, and as Dan started dating Kolkena, before eventually proposing to her.
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026
Now the market is in a protracted funk and a stalemate between banks and crypto firms has kept a legislative breakthrough for digital assets at bay.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
A protracted slump in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies dragged down Robinhood’s crypto trading revenue.
From Barron's • Apr. 29, 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
Vocabulary lists containing protracted
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
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This Week in Words: August 10–16, 2019
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And Then There Were None
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