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The shooting will not end conclusively for quite some time, and indeed the most recent fighting is just one more round, if an exceptionally intense one, in a conflict that has gone on since the early 1980s.
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Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 11 May 2026
It’s been that way for quite some time, unfortunately.
—Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2026
Padres pitching prospect Humberto Cruz’s career in the United States will be on hold for quite some time.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2026
Scientists have been trying to figure out the origins of LFBOTs for quite some time and have even proposed a wealth of models to account for the existence of these events.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 May 2026
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Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 11 May 2026
It’s been that way for quite some time, unfortunately.
—Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2026
Padres pitching prospect Humberto Cruz’s career in the United States will be on hold for quite some time.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2026
Scientists have been trying to figure out the origins of LFBOTs for quite some time and have even proposed a wealth of models to account for the existence of these events.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 May 2026
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“Quite some time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quite%20some%20time. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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