long haul

as in mile
a long distance growing up in suburban New England, I used to think the 10 miles between our house and the mall was a long haul

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Recent Examples of long haul Peter Navarro, a senior White House trade adviser, declared Sunday morning there was no room for negotiation for nations, including the likes of Vietnam that discussed bringing their tariff down to zero percent, and that the levies are here to stay for the long haul. Al Weaver, The Hill, 8 Apr. 2025 Crochet is regarded as one of the top young pitchers in baseball, but with only two years of team control remaining failing to lock him up for the long haul would have been a massive organizational failure. Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 1 Apr. 2025 The formula is in it for the long haul, reliably non-smeary and flake-free. Annie Blackman, Allure, 26 Mar. 2025 The hope is that the good outweighs the bad and the ugly over the long haul. Derrik Klassen, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for long haul

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“Long haul.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/long%20haul. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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