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(usually hyphenated) Travelling a long distance. examples
countable and uncountable, plural long hauls
(idiomatic) A long time; the long term; an extended period. quotations examples
The national rail dispute is set to grind on after ASLEF members voted to renew their mandate for strikes for a further six months […] . RMT members renewed their strike mandate for six more months in May […] . "Once again, our members have decided that we are in this for the long haul," said ASLEF General Secretary Mick Whelan after the ballot result.
2023 June 28, Mel Holley, “Network News: "In this for the long haul": mandate for further strikes”, in RAIL, number 986, page 16
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