protracted
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The demands of this protracted conflict encouraged the development of an arms industry that led to rising gun crime and repeated efforts to control it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026
The restaurant industry has been engaged in a protracted discount war, after many chains raised menu prices to cover pandemic-related costs and spooked increasingly value-conscious customers in the process.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 17, 2026
"This is likely to be a protracted incident, with crews remaining on scene into the morning," Bloomfield added.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
Those outcomes, as in most settlements, were the result of protracted proceedings between adversarial parties over whether a case should be settled and for how much.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
From there, through a window, he could watch the work progressing and shout his instructions, boiling with rage at his protracted immobility.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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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