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In 2023 and 2024, the US interest rates hiked to one of the highest numbers in a long while.
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Cloris Chen, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Some players last a long while, some a little while; some leave of their own accord, some are shown the door.
—Robert Lloyd, Twin Cities, 26 Jan. 2025
For a long while, Ohio State’s 2014 championship was the lone outlier in a decade and a half of southern-school dominance.
—Ralph D. Russo, The Athletic, 19 Jan. 2025
Paul Angelillo, a search and rescue specialist with the Coast Guard in Buffalo, told the AP there hasn't been a bad winter in a long while.
—David Chiu, People.com, 25 Jan. 2025
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Cloris Chen, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Some players last a long while, some a little while; some leave of their own accord, some are shown the door.
—Robert Lloyd, Twin Cities, 26 Jan. 2025
For a long while, Ohio State’s 2014 championship was the lone outlier in a decade and a half of southern-school dominance.
—Ralph D. Russo, The Athletic, 19 Jan. 2025
Paul Angelillo, a search and rescue specialist with the Coast Guard in Buffalo, told the AP there hasn't been a bad winter in a long while.
—David Chiu, People.com, 25 Jan. 2025
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“A (good) long while.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20%28good%29%20long%20while. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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