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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of protract.

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Examples

  • Then when ordered by the judge to produce the documents in question, it protracts the process as much as possible.

    Jamie Kalven: Release of Police Documents Imminent 2009

  • Today, in any event, there are many signs that the party and Obama are largely moving on, while all this sound-and-fury-signifying-nothing protracts itself.

    Hillary's Game Plan -- A Path To Victory? 2009

  • After the first 11 interviews with my brother Police Officer and Detective Howard Wooldridge of Lansing, Michigan (retired) concerning the “War on Drugs”, more and more Americans understand the underpinnings of how the U.S. government protracts a national taxpayer fraud.

    Mexico and the Drug War: Success Story? 2009

  • After the first five interviews with my brother Police Officer and Detective Howard Wooldridge of Lansing, Michigan (retired) concerning the “War on Drugs”, more and more Americans understand the underpinnings of how the U.S. government protracts a national taxpayer fraud.

    Who Supports the War on Drugs? 2008

  • “As you will,” said his lady, throwing herself carelessly back upon the seat; “but methinks the worthy father protracts this discourse, till it becomes of a nature more trifling than interesting.”

    Count Robert of Paris 2008

  • After the first six interviews with my brother Police Officer and Detective Howard Wooldridge of Lansing, Michigan (retired) concerning the “War on Drugs”, more and more Americans understand the underpinnings of how the U.S. government protracts a national taxpayer fraud.

    Drug Free America: Yes We Can--Sure Right! 2008

  • A tiny microphone, previously invisible, suddenly protracts from the base and measures the room's bass properties within minutes.

    Talking About Design 2008

  • Unfortunately for U.S. business, the longer Bush protracts the Iraq struggle, the more global consumers will spurn American products.

    Karen Hughes, "PR," and Perverted Science 2007

  • And for the Chinese, the longer this protracts, the more difficult it becomes to keep it out of the international incident stage and handle it well.

    CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Are There Ghosts? - April 3, 2001 2001

  • So you maneuver legally in a way that protracts the process.

    CNN Transcript - Special Event: Florida Judge Deals Gore a Crippling Blow - December 4, 2000 2000

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