long one
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The history of the writ of habeas corpus and immigration is a very long one.
From Slate • Feb. 17, 2026
The current underperformance streak is a historically long one.
From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026
The path leading to my old age was a long one, but I don’t feel 74.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
Here’s the long one: Aside from your pension and Social Security, your income appears to be derived mostly from real estate.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 17, 2025
This motet is a reasonably long one for the period, and so he also moves the ‘home’ of the music to new places during the piece, returning at the very end to where he started.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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