long-drawn-out

• “For Vickers, who has been obsessed for decades with every detail of the Duchess of Windsor's life and long-drawn-out death, this is clearly true.”

  The Guardian: Behind Closed Doors: The Tragic, Untold Story of the Duchess of Windsor by Hugo Vickers - review

• “The latest good news, dramatically reducing any confusion or uncertainty on the subject, the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court has issued a new ruling in the long-drawn-out divorce of Dickerson v.”

  The Huffington Post: Frederick Hertz: New York Courts are Open for Civil Union Divorces

• “Unfortunately, following the market solution will be a long-drawn-out and costly process -- both in terms of tying up the judicial system but also in terms of the uncertainty and despair that will persist.”

  The Huffington Post: William K. Black: Foreclose on the Foreclosure Fraudsters, Part 2: Spurious Arguments Against Holding the Fraudsters Accountable

• “The thought of default is intolerable in Washington, and that may be why the warring parties put aside their long-drawn-out dispute when they did.”

  Forbes: Why The Stock Market Tanked

• “In reality, such strategies are far from being the best way to stimulate cooperation in long-drawn-out games.”

  Simon & Schuster: SuperCooperators

• “Freeling went on to note: "Crime is the pathology of the human condition, the moment after, it may be, a long-drawn-out disturbance or perversion, at which the delicate balance of metabolism . . . tilts into morbidity.”

  The Wall Street Journal: In the World of Night and Fog

• “This way, a crisis ensuing from the U.S. veto or European abstinence from the vote at the Security Council can be averted, and all those concerned with advancing the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations can move forward, seriously towards conclusion within one year, so that the peace process does not continue to be a long-drawn-out one with no end in sight.”

  The Huffington Post: Raghida Dergham: Abbas and a "Civil" Intifada in International Bodies

• “Burhanpur settled into a state of long-drawn-out waiting accompanied by a hush, a silence, a burgeoning fear.”

  Simon & Schuster: Shadow Princess

• “But they did not rule out the possibility of a long-drawn-out guerrilla war.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Scorpion’s Tail

• “And then, from all around, there was a universal murmur, like a hushed, long-drawn-out “Whaaat?” and rifles were slowly lowered as the men and women who held them craned their necks to get a better look.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Night Of the Solstice

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