We may be at "the last stop" of a centuries-long voyage. From Wordnik.com. [Doug Dowd's "At the Cliff's Edge" - Part I] Reference
It has a centuries-long tradition of weak central government. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 13, 2009] Reference
The centuries-long struggle for control of the continent before 1776. From Wordnik.com. [The Forgotten Fight for America] Reference
Even in this centuries-long repose, it showed determination and intelligence. From Wordnik.com. [The Songs of Distant Earth]
Out of this centuries-long, vicious war was founded the Federation of the Hub. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Federation Of The Hub]
A bridge is built between the ship and Marrow thanks to a centuries-long effort. From Wordnik.com. [REVIEW: Marrow by Robert Reed] Reference
The 1960s were simply a high-water mark in a centuries-long American culture war. From Wordnik.com. [Are Obama's "New" Politics Really New?] Reference
About 250 years ago the centuries-long Little Ice Age ended and the Hudson bay melted. From Wordnik.com. [Dan Worth: Reasons Why Everyone Must See The Great Warming Conversation on November 3] Reference
He says history repeats itself, pointing to a centuries-long losing streak for invaders. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 19, 2009] Reference
These are all signs that Turkey has indeed begun to wake from its centuries-long slumber. From Wordnik.com. [John Feffer: Stealth Superpower: How Turkey Is Chasing China to Become the Next Big Thing] Reference
But the Martian custom was unique and depended on their centuries-long mastery of biochemistry and genetics. From Wordnik.com. [Spin] Reference
In Europe there were nations whose actions in a lawless space led their populations into centuries-long war. From Wordnik.com. [Translantic Relations and Security Policy: Common Interests, Values and History] Reference
Globalization arises out of a centuries-long process that accelerated dramatically over the last fifty years. From Wordnik.com. [Global citizens movement] Reference
The program at Japan Society included three excerpts of works that spanned the theater's centuries-long history. From Wordnik.com. [A Modern Master's Past and Present] Reference
In the Spanish part of the hemisphere a centuries-long encounter with native peoples was already well under way. From Wordnik.com. [Ray Suarez: Race, Ethnicity, Wealth, and Poverty] Reference
It became the first item in a centuries-long line of unreturned objects and promises postponed for "just another day.". From Wordnik.com. [Date With Death]
The trees and vines are in the centuries-long process of reclaiming their space, crowding and disfiguring the building. From Wordnik.com. [In the Forest of the Snake People (Part 1)] Reference
He was seen both a symbol of the continent's centuries-long liberation struggle and a model for peace through conciliation. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The Daily Mail, for one, called the hug "an electrifying moment of palpable majesté: A breach of centuries-long protocol ...". From Wordnik.com. [Monroe Anderson: Much Ado About Hugging] Reference
They exploited their strategic geography during the Ottoman Empire's centuries-long decline, by playing off rival world powers. From Wordnik.com. [The Turkey-Iran Nuke Deal] Reference
Because of the centuries-long contributory efforts of women, today our country is a constitutional democracy with a Bill of Rights. From Wordnik.com. [Women\'s Day] Reference
Fundamentally, the centuries-long battle between Progressives and the right wing has been a struggle between empowerment and domination. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Creamer: McCain Advisor's Terrorism Comment Highlights the Right's Historic Use of Fear: How Progressives Can Overcome It] Reference
Last time I checked, African-Americans didn't have a centuries-long history of oppressing white people, enslaving them, lynching them, etc. From Wordnik.com. [Jeremiah Wright Steps Down From Obama Campaign] Reference
Conservationists say that India is in a unique position to save the elephant because of a centuries-long cultural association with the animal. From Wordnik.com. [India Adds Elephant to List of National Heritage Animals] Reference
We spent time reading the detailed exhibits, which give a good sense of the centuries-long battle to control the waters in this part of Europe. From Wordnik.com. [A Road Ramble Along Ireland's Coast] Reference
Twelve years ago, Montserrat's Soufrière Hills volcano awoke from a centuries-long coma, rendering most of the southern half of the island uninhabitable. From Wordnik.com. [Rising Out of the Ashes] Reference
While it has a centuries-long tradition of winemaking, much of that effort went toward domestic consumption during the years in which the country was shunned. From Wordnik.com. [Out of South Africa] Reference
Little do they realize that they are chronicling what might have signaled the beginning of a centuries-long cooling period now referred to as the Little Ice Age. From Wordnik.com. [Wired Top Stories] Reference
This self-styled "cock-eyed optimist" is quite aware that she's bucking the fashion, the centuries-long tradition of disdain for those whose outlook is too rosy. From Wordnik.com. ['What Are You Optimistic About?'] Reference
To bridge the rift between them, Obama had first to establish a deep, centuries-long tension driven by "historical forces that go beyond any current policy debate.". From Wordnik.com. [The Student of History Needs to Go to Summer School] Reference
He would like students today to see Mr. Obama's victory not as a culmination but as one more step in a centuries-long march toward justice, equality and fulfillment. From Wordnik.com. [Trying to Make Old Negro Spirituals Resonate With the Hip-Hop Generation] Reference
The identification ofthe Grand Duchess Maria ofRussia and herbrotherAlexiprove that thelast members of a centuries-long imperial dynasty really did die 90 years ago. From Wordnik.com. [Remains Proven to be Grand Duchess Maria of Russia] Reference
(Never mind the West's uninterrupted history of warfare within its own ranks, and never mind the West's unending, centuries-long interference with the rest of the world.). From Wordnik.com. [The Vietnam War was a mistake and we should all admit it.] Reference
In the view of the authors, the Constitution "charts the centuries-long progress of our nation toward greater liberty and equality and more effective democratic government.". From Wordnik.com. [Geoffrey R. Stone: Obama's Justice] Reference
The ways that we act, say, in response to a crisis can recapitulate in quick time the centuries-long evolution of our character as a society and of the mythologies we live by. From Wordnik.com. [A Book Review; The Terror Dream: Fear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America by Susan Faludi] Reference
It is important that the many muscovy varieties within the countries of Latin America - where the bird has a centuries-long history of domestication - be maintained and studied. From Wordnik.com. [5 Chicken] Reference
Fox News and those who parrot its brand of deceptive reporting on this issue have been left behind by an America that continues its centuries-long march toward increased equality. From Wordnik.com. [Karl Frisch: 10 Years After Matthew Shepard and Media Still Can't Get It Right] Reference
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