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Oil prices slipped in early trading after Brent crude breached $100 a barrel, as escalating attacks in the Middle East threatened to dramatically prolong disruptions to energy flows.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

“Structuring unnatural credits to prolong momentum late in the bull phase is where the worry comes in.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Long-term agreements are one way that the chip makers can prolong or insure their earnings an margins, by tying up clients into deals that last years.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026

Hotter nights can prolong the stress that heat places on the human body by depriving people of a chance to recover, increasing the risk of heat-related illness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

Still, I wrote “Palm nuts” in my book, to prolong the list.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

What we do not yet have are large, definitive randomized trials showing that high-dose intravenous vitamin C clearly prolongs life for most cancer patients.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026

In Jharkhand, protesters say the uncertainty only prolongs the wait.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

Polling by Abacus Data shows nearly 70% of Canadians want Ottawa to hold firm in negotiations, even if it prolongs economic pain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

"That only prolongs what will eventually happen: a negotiated settlement."

From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026

Her lightness prolongs both our suffering but it is my safety since he has great speed that he has never yet employed.

From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway

My children’s faces, whenever they asked if the sailors were OK, made me wonder how reassured those stories really made them feel during prolonged separations.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

She cites prolonged energy and commodity price pressures as U.S.-Iran tensions continue as well as renewed weakness in Asian currencies against the dollar after the Fed hiked rates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

The Marin County Sheriff’s Office coroner’s division identified him as Daniel Zhengyu Qin, 35, of San Jose, adding that he died “despite prolonged resuscitative efforts.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

You can either self-insure and set aside enough money for a prolonged period of care, buy traditional long-term-care insurance, or decide upon some kind of combination.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

How do you defend yourself against the prolonged, insufferable agony of knowing you will surrender to the sea?

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

On Thursday, the World Meteorological Society issued a new El Niño forecast warning that there is a nearly 100% chance it will continue through February, prolonging its effects.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

Many operators now avoid the passage and send ships instead around South Africa's Cape of Good Hope, vastly prolonging the journey between Asia and Europe and driving up fuel costs and emissions.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

Burns specialists said the injuries caused by heated squishy toys can be particularly severe because the gel inside can remain extremely hot and get stuck to the skin, prolonging the burn.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

Cloudflare said it chose to lay off so many people at once to avoid “dragging” its reorganization across multiple quarters, which would slow it down while prolonging uncertainty for workers.

From MarketWatch ● May 7, 2026

The idea of subsisting on greenery alone — of prolonging that full-yet-empty stabbing sensation in my stomach — was totally unappealing, but the leaves would keep me alive.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer