as in to lengthen
to make longer
pointless questions that merely dragged out the meeting another hour
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For Carpenter, the dress was lengthened to incorporate an elegant and dramatic train.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
2 Mar. 2025 -
Their normal top-flight shot-distance average is from 15 metres but against Liverpool, that lengthens to 17.6m, which reduces the likelihood of scoring.—
Chris Waugh,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
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Israel has also increased public funding for projects by Israeli filmmakers from West Bank settlements — the very enterprise that the film No Other Land criticizes as taking over Palestinian homes and land.—
Nuha Musleh,
NPR,
3 Mar. 2025
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Accordingly, with no viable domestic production alternative, prices for end-users would increase.—
Joshua P. Cohen,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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By Friday, Trump signed an executive order that extended the delay to all products under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, USMCA, which is a free trade agreement signed during Trump’s first term.—
Isabel Danzis,
ABC News,
9 Mar. 2025
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Israel wants to extend the first phase of the deal to continue the exchange of hostages, alive and deceased, in return for the continued release of Palestinian prisoners and the flow of higher volumes of aid into Gaza – but without any commitment to permanently ending the war.—
Lauren Izso,
CNN,
9 Mar. 2025
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No official tally of firings has been released, but the list stretches into the thousands and to nearly every part of the country.—
Matt Sedensky,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2025
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Lund’s uses of amateur baseball to reflect on the passage of time as a longstanding men’s baseball game stretches to extra innings on a beloved field’s final day before demolition stands at 100% with (29) critics on Rotten Tomatoes.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
7 Mar. 2025
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Stronger relations with Russia could also jeopardize the U.S.'s role mediating peace negotiations with Ukraine and draw out the war.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
25 Feb. 2025
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But in Europe, a momentous political shift was under way, with street protests against the Russian invasion drawing out hundreds of thousands of people.—
Edward Fishman,
The Atlantic,
24 Feb. 2025
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The current de facto Moroccan sovereignty only prolongs Sahrawis’ exile, and an escalation would carry steep costs for all sides.—
Hannah Rae Armstrong,
Foreign Affairs,
4 Mar. 2025
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Measles cases have risen in recent years, with 285 US cases reported last year, the most since 2019 when prolonged outbreaks among under vaccinated communities in New York threatened elimination status, according to the CDC.—
Nadia Kounang,
CNN,
2 Mar. 2025
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“Drag (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drag%20%28out%29. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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