as in to lengthen
to make longer
pointless questions that merely dragged out the meeting another hour
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Improves Flexibility and Balance Traditional stretches typically involve moving or holding certain body parts in place to lengthen muscle fibers, which is a way to warm up the body.—
Cristina Mutchler,
Verywell Health,
8 May 2025 -
Brown mascara is gaining traction for its ability to awaken the eyes and lengthen lashes subtly, without the harshness of a traditional black.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
1 May 2025
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Autism rates increased, again: But RFK Jr. diverges from CDC report about the reason.—
Adrianna Rodriguez,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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Under the Tax Cut and Jobs Act (TCJA), the filing threshold was increased to $11,580,000 in 2020, and $11,700,000 in 2021 and is adjusted for inflation thereafter through 2025.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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President Trump, Vice President Vance React to First American Pope Announcement World leaders across continents extended messages of hope, unity and spiritual solidarity Thursday after Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected Pope Leo XIV.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
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Instead of entirely exempting new residences from rent control, Yang’s amendment would have extended an existing 20-year exemption for new construction, approved by the previous council in 2022, and converted it into a 30-year exemption, mirroring the length of a construction mortgage.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
8 May 2025
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Horses line up at a 65-foot starting gate that stretches across the track.—
Javier Zarracina,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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As the demonstrations stretched across the summer and fall, students took action too.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
3 May 2025
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Will there be any limits on the Court’s new rule? Democratic Justice Elena Kagan, for her part, spent much of the argument trying to draw out the implications of her Court’s new approach to religion.—
Ian Millhiser,
Vox,
30 Apr. 2025
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But Sammie doesn’t just have a gift for music; his voice is otherworldly and draws out the supernatural beings within the town, who want to stake their claim to him.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
26 Apr. 2025
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The leader's office added that an unconditional ceasefire means that no conditions are attached, and any attempt to impose conditions indicates an intention to prolong the war and undermine diplomacy.—
Isabel van Brugen,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 May 2025
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Their major failures included prolonging the Vietnam War and coddling bloodthirsty Latin American dictators.—
Frank McNeil,
Sun Sentinel,
11 May 2025
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“Drag (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drag%20%28out%29. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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