Synonyms for prolonging
pro·long·ing

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1. List of paraphrases for "prolonging":

   extending, extend, lengthening

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1. Chris Doyle:

   The designation of the Houthis as a terrorist organization will not help this conflict be resolved in any sense, and actually risks prolonging it, there are risks that the Houthi hardliners will feel empowered to turn towards Iran more. They will be unwilling to engage in diplomatic processes or backchannels to Saudi Arabia.

2. Lonnie Bunch:

   The Sao Jose is all the more significant because it represents one of the earliest attempts to bring East Africans into the trans-Atlantic slave trade -- a shift that played a major role in prolonging that tragic trade for decades.

3. Immigration Minister Peter Dutton:

   There are some within the community at the moment trying to pressure people not to take up the offer, but that is just prolonging their period on Nauru.

4. Carol Lyn Parrish:

   Catching and injuring and possibly killing a hammerhead shark and then prolonging the animal’s suffering and then gloating to take photos is cruel to animals, plain and simple, there is no excuse for that.

5. Rod Rosenstein:

   The goal is to discourage 'piling on', and instead coordinate with local, state, federal and foreign authorities to achieve a joint result that imposes appropriate punishment without prolonging investigations.