long-delayed
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There are myriad public transportation challenges for the city’s next mayor, including the long-delayed LAX people mover, new rail lines and numerous traffic challenges related to the Olympics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
The terrific Ms. Rabe, rarely absent from New York stages for long, reveals a similarly steely spine beneath Brooke’s surface fragilities as a long-delayed conflagration between mother and daughter threatens to erupt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
A long-delayed road bridge linking China and North Korea has opened, Chinese state media report, as trade ties improve between the neighbours.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
Bangladesh is preparing to switch on its first nuclear power plant, a long-delayed project promising relief from chronic electricity shortages -- even as some fear living beside it.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Having unified Tikal, he built up his forces for a long-delayed counterattack.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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