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The rest of the list includes The Perfect Couple dropping to #5 after staying at #1 for a long while.
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Paul Tassi, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
The problem is purely with those users who have multiple accounts or maybe ones set up purely to store photos or data that have not been accessed in a long while or forgotten about altogether.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
Whatever the case, the good news is that the cosmic afternoon will last a long while—about 100 trillion years by some estimates.
—Florian Freistetter, Scientific American, 11 July 2024
Lunn took out a small key and struggled for a long while to open a padlock that secured a heavy chain around the door handles.
—Patricia Marx, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024
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Paul Tassi, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
The problem is purely with those users who have multiple accounts or maybe ones set up purely to store photos or data that have not been accessed in a long while or forgotten about altogether.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
Whatever the case, the good news is that the cosmic afternoon will last a long while—about 100 trillion years by some estimates.
—Florian Freistetter, Scientific American, 11 July 2024
Lunn took out a small key and struggled for a long while to open a padlock that secured a heavy chain around the door handles.
—Patricia Marx, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024
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“A (good) long while.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20%28good%29%20long%20while. Accessed 22 Oct. 2024.
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