prolonged struggle

collocation in English

meaningsofprolongedandstruggle

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prolonged
adjective
uk
/prəˈlɒŋd/us
/prəˈlɑːŋd/
continuing for a ...
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struggle
noun[C]
uk
/ˈstrʌɡ.əl/us
/ˈstrʌɡ.əl/
a very difficult task that you can do only by making a ...
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(Definition ofprolongedandstrugglefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Or was it just one more tool in aprolongedstruggleto establish their independence, raising one issue in order to squeeze concessions elsewhere?
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Although many of the villagers eventually returned to their forcefully abandoned sites, this did not happen until after aprolongedstruggleand a minor policy reversal by the central government.
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Amina's dramatic challenge can only be understood in terms of hisprolongedstrugglewith those who - like him - possessed ritual power, but had unlike him been excluded from the court.
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They have had aprolongedstrugglewith a stubborn foe.
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There is the right against the partially right, and it is for that reason a fierce andprolongedstruggle.
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Let no one make the mistake of supposing that these men will flinch from aprolongedstruggle.
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As a potentially rich country, but one that trembles this year on the brink of extreme poverty, we are confronting a period ofprolongedstruggleto make both ends meet.
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They also called on their supporters to prepare for aprolongedstruggle.
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He died in 2002 after aprolongedstrugglewith stomach cancer.
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After his death, this caused aprolongedstrugglebetween his children and their descendants.
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