as in to lengthen
to make longer
pointless questions that merely dragged out the meeting another hour
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Bad hydrology is 'crushing' conservation measures As with other recent years, factors including warming air, parched soil and lengthening growing seasons have kept some of the melting snowpack from reaching the river or its reservoirs.—
Austin Corona,
AZCentral.com,
15 Aug. 2025 -
Loyal also has both a shot and a pill in the works to lengthen large dogs’ short lifespans by limiting a growth hormone more prevalent in big dogs than small.—
Amy Feldman,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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During the month of its release, the number of articles about KPop Demon Hunters increased nearly four-fold to 1,394.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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Body-image issues can increase vulnerability to mental health disorders such as depression, anxiety, and eating disorders.—
Alex Vance,
Parents,
18 Aug. 2025
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The Buckeyes extended their record of being ranked in the preseason to 72 years.—
Tom Layberger,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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What’s more, SB 180 extends the freeze for a full year after every future hurricane within 100 miles of a local government, threatening a rolling paralysis in planning for nearly every part of Florida.—
Haley Busch,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 Aug. 2025
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At its longest, the line stretched out the door and almost to the sidewalk, past three white Adirondack rocking chairs that were all in motion.—
Neal Rubin,
Freep.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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Light from gas moving away is stretched into redder wavelengths, while gas moving toward us is compressed into bluer wavelengths — a telltale sign of matter orbiting a black hole.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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This protracted and complex process, according to the think tank, means employers are all but required to grant temporary work visas (such as the H-1B) to their employees before securing a green card, further drawing out these waiting times.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Aug. 2025
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Instead of flattening the forms, the museum’s lighting scheme accentuates textures, drawing out the etched surfaces, gouges, and contours that make Giacometti’s work so tactile.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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When faith in the government product is shaken, things go off-the-rails in short order; just look at how anti-science sentiments prolonged the Covid 19 pandemic, and helped set in motion a broader drop in vaccine rates.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
6 Aug. 2025
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Wigginton hopes to prolong the lives of thyroid cancer patients while maintaining a quality of life and also increasing treatment options through groundbreaking research in thyroid cancer treatment.—
Lara Terpstra,
Freep.com,
4 Aug. 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 Aug. 2025.
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