Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
long-running
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a long-running dispute (=continuing for a long time)
▪ India’s long-running dispute with Pakistan
long-running debate (=continuing for a long time)
▪ the long-running debate about the future of our inner cities
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
debate
▪ More importantly, however, they have given added urgency to the long-running debate about the future of Britain's inner cities.
▪ This is a long-running debate which will not be documented here.
dispute
▪ But a long-running dispute by benefit staff forced the council to put back its own deadline for thousands of outstanding benefit claims.
▪ Police would not speculate on a motive, except to say that Avanesian had a long-running dispute with his wife.
▪ Franlow maintains Mrs Taylor was dismissed after a long-running dispute with the manageress.
feud
▪ The game also allowed the long-running feud between Limpar and Derby midfield player Mark Pembridge to continue.
▪ It was the beginning of a long-running feud which rumbled on throughout the war and beyond.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a long-running FBI investigation
▪ The long-running musical "Jesus Christ Superstar' is to close after more than 3,000 performances.
▪ The action is the latest in a long-running battle between the US and Canada relating to Cuban relations.
▪ The proposal would end a long-running dispute between the Internal Revenue and the petroleum producers.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Lawrence leaves for a holiday this weekend but hopes to complete the long-running Jon Gittens deal on his return in July.
▪ Police would not speculate on a motive, except to say that Avanesian had a long-running dispute with his wife.
▪ Tensions flared in the long-running Senate Whitewater hearings Thursday as a former Arkansas securities commissioner testified that she warned then-Gov.
▪ The game also allowed the long-running feud between Limpar and Derby midfield player Mark Pembridge to continue.
▪ The incident followed long-running jibes between Snell and listeners about the industrial town of Ellesmere Port, Cheshire.
▪ Their reservations were voiced at the long-running Sizewell public inquiry, where the Suffolk local authorities have just finished their evidence.
▪ This had all the makings of another long-running acrimonious dispute, when again wider political events quite unexpectedly overtook the controversy.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
long-running
a. Operating for a relatively extended period of time.
Usage examples of "long-running".
British paleontologist Richard Fortey has written with regard to a long-running twentieth-century dispute over where the boundary lies between the Cambrian and Ordovician.
The new battle became an argument between catastrophism and uniformitarianism—unattractive terms for an important and very long-running dispute.
Never married, he had come close during a long-running relationship with Congresswoman Loren Smith, but their lives were too complicated.
The loyal opposition has not distinguished itself in the course of this long-running nightmare.
There was even a long-running play on Broadway, and a hit movie film.