as in lengthened
to make longer
pointless questions that merely dragged out the meeting another hour
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Osceola County, currently contained entirely within District 9, will be chopped into two districts despite 9 being lengthened and extended well to the south.—
Ryan Gillespie,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 May 2026 -
The one concern with Mesidor are the injury issues that lengthened his stay in the college ranks to six years.—
Senior Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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Glas said many producers understandably believed that given the gap in IEEPA tariff rates between free-trade-agreement qualifying countries in the Western Hemisphere and those in Asia — which amounted by about 10 percentage points in most cases — sourcing from the Americas should have increased.—
Kate Nishimura,
Footwear News,
4 May 2026
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European countries and Canada have increased defense spending and military recruitment efforts over the last year in response to Trump’s threats.—
Mark Carlson,
Los Angeles Times,
4 May 2026
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This offer will be extended to Spears on Monday, according to the district attorney’s office.—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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However, due to the Passover holiday this month, the deadline for mail-in-ballots was extended to April 28.—
Helen Acevedo,
Miami Herald,
30 Apr. 2026
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Russell Lansford / Imagn Images On Saturday, a broken line of showers and thunderstorms stretched from the Gulf through the Carolinas.—
Mirna Alsharif,
NBC news,
3 May 2026
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The main event was Musk’s testimony, which stretched over the course of three days, wrapping up on Thursday.—
Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
2 May 2026
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The years have not healed Don Ryce‘s pain, only prolonged it.—
Amy Driscoll,
Miami Herald,
3 May 2026
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Florida also was still shifting from being a tourism and agriculture state to a more high-tech state, Cox said, which also prolonged the process.—
Abigail Hasebroock,
Sun Sentinel,
2 May 2026
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“Dragged (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dragged%20%28out%29. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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